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THE COMPLETE STORY OF 

THE AIREDALE TERRIER 



BY 

F. M. JOWETT 



WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND AN ARTICLE ON 
THE BREED AND BREEDERS IN AMERICA BY 

ARTHUR B. PROCTOR 



THE OFFICIAL YEAR BOOK 

OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER CLUB 

OF NEW ENGLAND 



1913 

PUBLISHED BY 

ARTHUR B. PROCTOR 

NEW YORK 



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Copyright, 1911, 
Dogs in America Publishixg Co. 

Copyright, 1911, 
Oceanic Publishing Co. 

Copyright, 1913, 
By Arthur B. Proctor 



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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

CHAPTER PAGE 

Introduction by Arthur B. Proctor xi 

Preface xv 

I Origin and History of the Airedale Terrier .... 3 

II Recent History 17 

III How to Breed Winners 25 

IV The Care of the Brood Bitch 41 

V The Selection and Rearing op Puppies 53 

VI How TO Train and Condition for the Show Ring . . 63 

VII Points where Improvement is Still Needed .... 75 

VIII The Versatility of the Airedale Terrier .... 81 
IX Description of the Ideal Airedale Terrier and 

Official Standard 87 

Judges in 1911 and 1912 90 

English Champions of Record 93 

American Champions of Record 97 

Canadian Champions of Record 99 

Dogs Taking Winners in 1911 AND 19] 2 100 

Bitches Taking Winners in 1911 and 1912 .... 101 
Breeders and the Breed in America, 

by Arthur Bothwell Proctor 105 

Airedale Terrier Clubs in England 125 

Airedale Terrier Clubs in America 133 

The Airedale Terrier Club of New England . . . 143 

Breeders' and Kennel Directory 165 

Classified Advertisements 171 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Head Study of Ch. Kenmare Sorceress .... Front cover 
JMr. F. M. Jowett Frontispiece 

PAGE 

Mr. Arthur B. Proctor with Bothwell Builder and Bothwell 

Sorceress x 

First Illustration of an Airedale Terrier and Broadlands 

Brushwood xiv 

Old English Print of an Airedale Terrier xvi 

Q\\. Newbould Test and Ch. Wharfedale Rush 2 

Tiger IMonk 3 

Ch. Cholmondeley Briar and Airedale Jerry 6 

Ch. Dumbarton Lass and Ch. Master Briar 9 

Ch. Tintern Royalist 13 

l^othwell Sorceress at Three ]\Ionths 14 

Dargle Declare 16 

Ch. Kootenai Radiance 17 

Studholnie Snowball and Giltrap 18 

]5riarwood and Crompton Marvel 20 

Ch. Soudan Swiveller 24 

Head Study of Ch. Prince of York 25 

Ch. York Masterpiece and Ch. York Sceptre 26 

Ch. Soudan Staraboul 29 

Abbey Master Magic 33 

Ch. Abbey King Nobbier 38 

Ch. Kenmare Sorceress 40 

Ch. Larchmere Mistress IMagnet 41 

Clonmel Imperious 43 

Soudan Sapphire and Dumbarton Vixen .45 

Vickery Vesta 47 

C'li. Dargle Deputy 49 

A Typical Litter of Puppies, American-bred 52 

A Brace of Four Months Bothwell Pups 53 

Mrs. Crawford with Lodestar 54 

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viii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 

PAGE 

A Typical Litter of English Puppies 60 

Ch. Prince of York 62 

Head Study of Ch. Tintern Eoyalist 63 

Ch. Tintern Royalist 65 

Elruge jMonarch 69 

Ch. The Norseman and Hot 71 

Ch. Briars Masterpiece ' . . . . . .74 

Imperious Oorang 75 

Ch, Clonmel Monarch 77 

The Vickery Kennels 78 

Bothwell Builder 80 

Rats Killed by an Airedale 81 

Otis Airedales Afield 82 

Otis Diana 83 

Airedales Doing Police Work 84 

Model of an Airedale Terrier 86 

Head Study of Ch. Soudan Stamhoul 87 

Model of an Airedale Terrier 89 

Mr. Theo. Offerman 90 

Ch. King Oorang 92 

Ch. Red Raven 96 

Mr. Jas. W. Spring Judging at Long Branch in 1911 . . . 102 

Vickery Lodestar 104 

Ch. Bolton Woods Briar 106 

Ch. Pilgrim Yellow Jacket 110 

Ch. Thayerdale Tenny 113 

Ch. Kismet Flashlight and Arnecliff Jacobite 116 

Otis Brunette at Six ^Months 119 

Ashbourne Frills 122 

Pretty Florrie 123 

Painting of Ch. Tintern Royalist 125 

Picture of Ch. Prince of York, taken in England .... 133 

Ch. Tanglewold Una .■ 164 

The Late Alex. Smith with Ch. Tintern Royalist .... 171 




ME. AETHUE B. PEOCTOE 

With Team of 6 Months Old Prince of York Pnps, 

Bothwell Builder and Bothwell Sorceress 



INTRODUCTION 

When this story was published serially last year, it universally 
created favorable comment, both here and in England, as being just 
what was needed in the way of a standard of the Airedale Terrier, 
and the copies of the paper containing it were soon at a premium 
and became quickly out of print. Then a spontaneous demand for 
its publication in book form started in and has been growing stead- 
ily — a demand that seems to be equally divided between the layman 
and the veteran fancier. 

The reason is plain, for with the exception of the brochure of an 
English contemporary, there is no book devoted to the breed that 
has been written by one who so thoroughly knows his subject. We 
feel confident that this book will fill a long felt want and with the 
many added features be a constant and ready book of reference in 
the library of not only Airedale men but all wire-haired terrier 
men. 

]\Ir. F. ]\I. Jowett, its author, is a shining light in the English 
kennel world, ])eing one of the greatest breeders, most astute judges 
and a writer of no mean reputation, making that so rarely seen 
combination of a man who knows his subject from A to Z and is 
capable of presenting it in such a clear and charming manner that 
all he writes is keenly read and the words of wisdom absorbed al- 
most unknowingly. 

Being born in the Aire Valley in Yorkshire and living to-day in 
Shipley, barely three miles from Bingley, sometimes called the 
cradle of the breed; and having spent his entire life among dogs, 
Mr. Jowett has ol)tained the knowledge lie possesses which makes 
him famous as breeder and judge, more especially of Airedale and 
Irish Terriers. For over twenty years he has lent distinction to the 
judging ring at England's greatest shows, and has five times had 
the honor of adjudicating on Airedale Terriers at Otley, that little 



xii INTRODUCTION 

Yorkshire market town where for so many years it was the greatest 
ambition of the breeder to win the gold medal offered at that show 
for the best of the breed ; and he judged Airedales at the English 
Kennel Club Show of 1912, at the Palace. 

Mr. Jowett was early associated with this dog in its making and 
infancy, as his father bred the old English wire-haired black and 
tan terriers, the base which, bred to the Otter Hound, produced the 
dog we have to-day ; and reference to the first illustration of a ter- 
rier and comparison with some of our present-day winners will 
show under what difficulties breeders have had to work and explain 
why so rarely even to-day a really good one is produced. 

As a young man being intimately associated with the breed in its 
inception and an eye-witness to the struggles to improve the dog, 
none can so well realize the reasons for the difficulties encountered 
by the novice, and is so fitted to guide his steps along the road to 
knowledge, or to warn him of the many pitfalls so easily fallen into. 

The thanks of all Airedale Terrier men in America, and particu- 
larly all novices, are due to ]\Ir. Jowett for first presenting to them 
in written form what he knows about the biggest and best terrier; 
and how badly such a message is needed is indicated by the demand 
for every paper or book that has appeared containing any items 
about the breed, no matter how poorly written or erroneous in the 
facts contained. 

The story opens up with the infancy of the breed; "how those 
dead-game sports, Yorkshire working men, set out to fashion a ter- 
rier that would be speedier, stronger, bigger and gamer than the 
good old black and tan terrier of the neighborhood in the riverside 
ratting contests which furnished one of the favorite amusements." 
Then he clearly explains the good points of the parent breed and 
the faults the breeder has to start to breed out. He will introduce 
you to the breeders and the dogs from which they evolved the pres- 
ent-day terrier up to Champion Cholmondeley Briar, from whom 
every good dog of to-day descends; then, describing him in detail, 
he does the same with his famous descendants right down to some 
of the terriers shown at the New York Show in 1911. Then he 
presents the results of his experience in the care of the stud dog and 
brood bitch, much of the information contained being new and of 
interest to breeders in general, with a most useful chapter on the 
Selection and Rearing of Puppies— and right here is the crux of the 
whole breeding situation and the explanation of why the English 



INTRODUCTION xiii 

have been so niueli more successful than we have in rearing good 
show specimens. Then follows a chapter on Preparing and Con- 
ditioning for the Show Ring, and Mr. Jowett says, "I hope to 
enable the small amateur breeder, who may breed one litter a year, 
—and such men are the backbone of the fancy in England,— to take 
a shorter road to success than they Avould, perhaps, have been able 
to do if left to their own unaided efforts. " This chapter, along with 
the one on Points Where Improvement is Still Needed, would make 
the book incomparable if they were its sole contents. The last chap- 
ters are on the Versatility and the Description of the Ideal Airedale 
and Standard of Points, and the addition by the editor of an article 
on the Breed and Breeders in America is perhaps superfluous, 
except that it may prove interesting to the future novice. 

Mr. Jowett has his subject so well in hand, and is so gifted with 
the ability to express himself in lucid form, that he has embodied a 
volume of information and advice in a very small compass, making 
it unnecessary to wade through many pages of superfluous matter 
to learn practically all that can be written about this sterling ter- 
rier. To make this into a book rather than a brochure, the publisher 
has been at great pains to gather together a great deal of material 
pertaining to the Airedale, a portion of which has never before been 
compiled. 

In consequence, a list of the Airedale Terrier Clubs and their 
officers, of Airedale Kennels and their addresses, and a complete 
compilation of all the Champions of Record, both in England and 
America, have been added. 

The publisher will appreciate the criticisms of all the breeders 
of the Airedale Terrier, and will welcome and be pleased to take 
advantage of suggestions tending to improve this work in the second 
edition which he hopes soon to be enabled to bring out. 

Arthur Bothwell Proctor. 




FIEST ILLUSTRATION OF AN 

AIREDALE TERRIER, 1879 

From Shaw 's Book of the Dog 




BROADLANDS BRUSHWOOD 
First Airedale Terrier Shown in America 



PREFACE 

I wouiiD like to explain here, on the page allotted to me for a Pref- 
ace, that my friend, the late Mr. Prank H. ^IcConnell, induced 
me to write some articles on the Airedale Terrier, with the idea that 
they might he of some value to American fafliciers of the breed. 

These articles were published serially, an\i I was told that they 
proved to be so popular that the numbers in which they were pub- 
lished were soon sold out, and there was. a great demand for more. 

Mr. ]\IcConnell again approached me and asked if 1 would con- 
sent to write a book along the same lines as the articles. 

This I consented to do, but his sudden death on the steamship 
"Baltic," while crossing from England to America, — which was a 
terrible shock to his many friends both in England and America, to 
whom he had endeared himself by his kindly and genial personality, 
— has prevented their publication until Mr. Proctor approached me 
and offered to purchase the manuscript and the English and Ameri- 
can rights to same. 

I must say, first of all, that this book makes no pretence at all to 
literary value. I have tried to use the plainest and simplest lan- 
guage, so that it should be intelligible even to the veriest novice. I 
have written it with an idea of helping young beginners in the 
breed, and if, by giving them the benefit of my own practical ex- 
perience, I can help them to take a shorter road to success than 
they would have been able to take by their own unaided endeavors, 
then I shall feel pleased and more than satisfied. 

I also hope that I may be able to remind older fanciers of some- 
thing that they may, perhaps, have forgotten or overlooked. 

I venture to say that the chapters on How to Breed Winners, The 
Care of the Brood Bitch, The Selection and Rearing of Puppies, and 
How to Train and Condition for the Show Ring, M'ill be found to be 
thoroughly practical, as they are the result of nearly thirty years' 
experience, and if they are carefully studied they are bound to do a 
3'oung fancier good. 



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xvi PREFACE 

With much diffidence I may say that I am, perhaps, peculiarly 
qualified to write on the Airedale Terrier, as I was born and have 
lived all my life in Airedale, where the Airedale Terrier originated, 
and from which place it derived its name. I knew the first men who 
interested themselves in the breed, and remember the first dogs that 
were exhibited as Airedale Terriers. Coming from a family that 
have been associated with Hounds and Terriers for many genera- 
tions, my own first show dogs were naturally these local Airedale 
Terriers, and I owned some good winners in the early eighties ; and 
although for many years I kept nothing but Irish Terriers in my 
kennel,— of which breed I have bred sixteen Champions, which is 
easily a world's record,— yet I have always kept in close touch with 
Airedale Terriers, and may be said to have grown with the breed, 
and have continually judged them at the best shows, both in Eng- 
land and abroad, for twenty years. 

F. M. JOWETT. 




OLD ENGLISH PRINT OF 

AN AIREDALE TERRIER 

Property of A. B. Proctor 



THE COMPLETE STORY OF 
THE AIREDALE TERRIER 




(-■Ji. NEWHUrLl) TK8T 




CH. WHAEFEDALE RUSH 




■]|(.i:ii .MONK 



CHAPTEIi I 

OKIGIN AM) HISTORY OF TJIE AIREDALP: TERRIER 

The Airedale Territ^r was origi- 
nally created by working men 
resident in Airedale, which is a 
manufacturing district in the 
West Riding of Yorkshire, Eng- 
land, and more particularly in 
that portion of Airedale which 
lies between Skipton and Brad- 
ford, a stretch of country of 
about twenty miles, which em- 
braces the townships of Cononley, 
Silsden, Keighley, Bingley and 
Shipley. 

This is one of the greatest sporting districts in a county that has 
always prided itself on its sportsmen, and it may perhaps help to 
illustrate the sport-loving nature of the men who made this famous 
Terrier,— which on its intrinsic merits as an all-round sporting 
Terrier, is now known and loved by sportsmen in all parts of the 
world,— if I attempt to give a rough outline of the sports and pas- 
times these men indulged in on the idle Saturday afternoons and 
summer evenings when their work was done. 

Thirty years ago— in my 3'outh— when the local trade was good 
and money plentiful, one could take one's choice any fine Saturday 
afternoon between seeing a whippet race for anything up to £50 a 
side ; a knur and spell match — a most popular game in Yorkshire in 
those days, matches being played for as much as £100 a side; a 
cricket match between the rival townships, when the local rivalry 
was at blood heat ; a main of gamecocks fighting ; or a waterside 
hunt down the banks of the river Aire after water rats. 

Many a rare day's sport have I had at this waterside hunting 
when I was a youth, and possibly to those who have never had an 

3 



4 THE COMPLETK SrOKV 

op|HM-tunily of sooiiiii' the Aii-eilalo TiM-i-icr at work in liis nati\i' 
dale, a ilosi-ription of ono of \\\e Imnts may perhaps W of iulorcst. 

Tlio usual arrauiiouunit was to luiut a portion of tlio river Aire 
— from wliieli tlie dale takes its name — of from three to six miles, 
wiiich is about tlie distance from one to\vnsl\ip to another. 

Matelies would be uuide for stakes of aiiythiuij: from t!l to C20 
or ,l'2r> a side, sometimes for even hiijher stakes. A "mark" woulil 
count \\\o points and a ""kiH" one point, tlu^ territM- makiuii' the 
most points at the tinish beiuii" deelai-ed the winner. .\ refei-(>e was 
ap[>oitited whose (ieeisions were tiual. 

AVhen a hiij match was on. (]uit(> a lariit' crowd of men could be 
seen following:: the I'ompetinir doii's down the riverside, every i>oint 
beinii' watched with the keenest interest. It was (]uite as interest 
iuii: iis Otter lluntiuii'. to whicl\. indeeii. it b(>ars a certain resem 
blance. 

The (.logs would assiduously hnnt both banks o\' tlie river which 
in lliis district varies from abont twenty to foiiy yai'ds in wiilth — 
swinnuinii' from (Uie bank to another as directed by their owners. 

AVhen one of the dogs made a "mark." both dogs were told to 
''stand back" anil wait until a ferret was put iido the hoh> or 
tree root to bolt the water rat. When the rat bolted. lu> usnally 
made straight for the water, with the dogs in full chase. 

h^'om the tirst dive th(> wattM- rat would probably swim thirty 
or forty yards umler water, and it was great fun to see the two 
competing dogs swinnning about, with tluMr heads as faj" out of the 
water as possible, watching all round to see where {ho rat was com 
iug np again. 

AVhen the water rat was viewed, eacii owuim- wouhl shout to his 
dog and point to where the rat had been set>n. and then there was 
a swimming race between the two dogs as to which could get uj) 
to the rat first. 

The wily rat. as danger approached, di\ed under water again, to 
reappear some thirty or forty yards away, in some other direction, 
when the dogs would swim after him again. This was continued, 
time after time, until the rat gradually became I'xhaustcd, when its 
dives grew shorter and shorter, with the result that one of the dogs 
wonld tinish with a "kill," often judging it so neatly that he would 
dive clean under water for the rat and bring it up in his mouth. 

As the dogs often uuuie themselves very dirty with scratching 
and tearing the earth from the rat holes on the river bank when 



OI-' 'I'lir; Aii.'KDAhi-: 'ifaihwai 5 

ilM^y nia(l(! a "inafk," il, was a coiniiion pradiff at thai time l.o ciil, 
a S((iiar(! ()i('C(' of tiirl' \'r<>it\ a field and throw il, into 1.h(; rivc.v, and 
when il. had sunk 1o the hottoiii Ihc doj^s wcvc, Irairu-d to dive in 
and t'clch it out a^ain, so that, they wouhl wasli thcttisclvcs r-h-an 
hcl'on! h('in{^ taken home. I Ii;iv(! seen many do^s do this liall' a 
do/en times in sneeession. 

'I"hes(! dot^s were t.lie constant, eoinpa tiions of theic masters and 
tlieir inlellit^enee was develop<;d hy livirif^ with them in their hoiJH(;s, 
where they wen; treated like one of the family. [)Mrin*^ the day, 
w lien the men were at work, the do}; would he left at home to pro- 
t<'(!t tlw! wil'c! and i'atriily. Wheu tin; day's work was done, tfu; 
master would put a ferret in his poekc^t and takr; a walk uf) tin; river- 
side, and as har(!S, rahhits, plu^asants, partridf^fts, and f^rouse were 
all plentiful in the district, as ind(!(!d th(!y are at the; pr(!H(!nt day, 
I am afraid they did not always confine tliemselv('S strictly to water- 
side liuutin}i-, hut would often try to hest tlu; j^amekocperH, and 
return home with Homethin*.'- in their c;ip;icious pockets that would 
he usefid lor "the pot." 

Thouf^h much loo hi^' to ;.'o to <rround, these do^s would tackle and 
hold i-i1licr an Otter or a l'>ad<;er, wcvc, easily broken to gun, would 
heat t^ame from a rou^^li covitr like a field S[)aniel, wr^re {?ood rab- 
bit ers and would retric^ve either fur or feather from eitlier land or 
water. 

Much has been written about the orif^in of the brecid that I person- 
ally know to be fpiite incornjet, and in order to obtain really au- 
thentic inforuudiou on this important iiistorical f)oint, I r-ecently 
iutervi(!Wed several old local sportsmen, who were j^r-eat waterside 
hunters when I was a })oy. 

Tliesc! men k(rpt dof^s for wat(*rside hunting' long f)efore they w(!re 
shown even as "Watr^rside Terriers"; in facj, thougb this is rnftre 
pre.judiee, they r-ather desfjise tin; present-day Airedales, as they 
say they are not as <rame as they were in the old days. I'ut they 
were all generally agreed on otic point, and that was that the Aire- 
dale '^Per-rier was first created by a series of crosses between the Otter 
llound and the r'ough-haircd black and tan Old lOnglish Tcrr'ier, 
and that the cr-oss was usiudly made by an Old lOnglish Terrier dog 
loan Otter llound bitch. This entirely confirms what I have always 
heard before, and I bclic\'c it to be correct. 

In confirmation f)f this, it is a fact that over forty years ago a 
pack of Otter Hounds were; kept for many years at I>ingley, which 




CH. CliOLMONDELEY BRIAR 




AIREDALE JERRY 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 7 

is in the heart of Airedale ; and it is also a fact, that about the same 
period rough wire-haired black and tan Terriers, commonly called 
Old English Terriers, were very numerous in the district. 

My father kept these Old English Terriers and I remember them 
very well. In appearance they were somewhat similar to the mod- 
ern Welsh Terrier, but much larger, weighing about 25 to 30 
pounds. Judged by modern show standards, they would be consid- 
ered coarse and cloddy all through. They were strong in skull, with 
deep, powerful jaws, plenty of bone and substance all through, with 
a good close, hard wiry coat, black on back and tan on head and 
legs, their general appearance giving one the impression of a game, 
sturdy, hardy Terrier. 

These dogs were thorough vermin killers, good water dogs, and 
would fight till they were dead; and I must say that I have often 
thought it was a great pity that such a fine Old English Sporting 
Terrier should have been neglected, as it has been, and almost 
allowed to die out, though the modern Welsh Terrier is said to be 
descended from it. 

These Old English Terriers were originally used for waterside 
hunting, but they were somewhat deficient in nose and had not 
always the power necessary to cross the river at all points, as the 
river Aire runs very strongly in places. 

So much money could be won in matches by a good waterside 
dog, that the waterside hunters east about to find a dog with more 
scent and swimming power than the Old English Terrier, and a 
dog at the same time that must take naturally to water and to hunt- 
ing. The Otter Hound was on the spot, and appeared to fulfil these 
requirements, and frec[uent crosses between the two were undoubt- 
edly resorted to. The dogs resulting from the first cross were bred 
together again and again, as occasion required, with frequent 
crosses liack to the Otter Hound or the Old English Terrier, until 
they gradually developed a new type of Terrier altogether, viz., a 
dog with the strength of scent, swimming power and hunting quali- 
ties of the Otter Hound, combined with the vermin-killing instinct 
and gameness of the Old English Terrier. I think that it is these 
very qualities which have made the Airedale Terrier such a great 
favorite with sportsmen in all parts of the world at the present 
day. 

Classes were given for these dogs, who were then described as 
"Waterside Terriers," at a few local shows in the district, much in 



8 THE COMPLETE STORY 

the same way tliat Border Terriers are now shown on the borders of 
England and Seothmd and in the English Lake Distriet. 

A few fanciers interested in the breed from a working jjoint of 
view held a meeting at Bingley in 1879, when it was decided that in 
future these dogs should be called Airedale Terriers, as the breed 
had been created in Airedale. Classes were provided for them 
under this name for the first time at the Airedale Agricultural Show 
at Bingley, in August, 1879. 

Soon afterwards classes were provided for them at Skipton, 
Bradford, Keighley and Otley; the last named show, which is the 
oldest Agricultural Show in England and held its one hundred and 
tenth consecutive show this year, always catered splendidly for the 
breed, and the gold medal given at this show for the best Airedale 
Terrier dog or bitch was considered for many years to be the blue 
ribbon of the breed and drew exhibitors from all parts of Great 
Britain to compete for it. 

The first prominent show Airedales that I remember were Cham- 
pion Bruce, Champion Wharf edale Rush, Mr. Horsfall's Trimmer, 
and Carr's Crack, owned by Mr. Tom Carr of Keighley. These 
were all big, strong dogs, and showed distinct traces of their Otter 
Hound ancestry, particularly in ears, coat and bone. 

Mr. Tatham of Rochdale had a very strong kennel of the breed 
for several years, and was a most successful exhibitor, his best dog 
perhaps being Champion Newbould Test. His entire kennel passed 
into the possession of Mr. H. M. Bryans, \vhose dogs, owning the 
preface of "Cholmondeley," were afterwards destined to make his- 
tory in the breed ; and to this gentleman must be given the credit 
of doing great service to the breed, as he was always prepared to 
give a good price for a good dog and bred a lot of good ones himself. 

Mr. Alexander Walker of Bradford was also a most successful 
exhibitor for many years in the early days of the breed, his bitch 
Champion Vixen III being quite the best of her day, with a coat 
like wire, and she is still considered by many old Airedale men to be 
one of the best bitches ever shown. 

Another Bradford man, Mr. E. Baii'stow, whose dogs owned the 
prefix of "Rustic," was also a leading breeder and exhibitor for 
many years ; his best dogs, I think, were Rustic Twig. Rustic Lad 
and Champion Rustic Kitty. 

Mr. Maude Barret of Otley was the backbone of the breed in 
Yorkshire for many years, until his sudden death when in the very 




CH. DUMBAETON LASS 




CH. MASTER BRIAR 



10 THE COMPLETE STORY 

prime of life. He was a true sportsman and one of nature's gentle- 
men, and his death was not only a great loss to the breed, but also 
a terrible shock to his wide circle of friends. He was on the Com- 
mittee of the Otley Show and was largely instrumental in providing 
the splendid classification that was given for Airedales in his native 
town for many years, which was the reason of his show being recog- 
nized generally, at one time, as being the best and most representa- 
tive show of Airedales in England. 

He had one of the strongest kennels of his day, his best dogs, 
perhaps, being Champion Tommy Tucker and Champion Otley 
Chevin. 

Mr. H. ]M. Bryans at this period began to buy largely, the cream 
of his purchases being Champion Cholmondeley Briar, from whom, 
as I will show presently, nearly all the best show Airedales of the 
present day are directly' descended. 

This dog was the undisputed Champion of the breed for many 
years, and I think I am correct in saying that he was only beaten 
twice, and then only when he had passed his prime. The first time 
was at Bingley, when he was beaten by Mr. Maude Barret's Cham- 
pion Tommy Tucker. This was a most unpopular decision with the 
crowd at the ringside, and I must say that I know no crowd of spec- 
tators who are keener or more outspoken critics than the Bingley 
ringsiders were in the old days, when nearly every man present 
knew all the points of the breed. The second time he was beaten 
was at Manchester by Mr. Holland Buckley's Champion Clonmel 
Marvel, a verdict that was generally endorsed, as youth must be 
served and the old dog had seen his best daj^ 

Champion Cholmondeley Briar was bred at Queensbury near 
Bradford, and he was first exhibited at some small local show under 
the name of Red Robin. He was quickly spotted by the astute 
Mr. Sara Wilson, who, being always on the lookout for a "lucky 
packet," as he called them, soon became his fortunate owner. 

I well remember going to his house one Sunday morning to see a 
dog that he was going to show for me at the Crystal Palace, when 
he told me that he had just bought a young Airedale that was a 
world beater. I had heard Master Sam talk about "world beaters" 
before, and was somewhat sceptical, but when he brought him out 
I fell in love with him on the spot, and as he afterwards proved to 
be one of the pillars of the Stud Book, I will endeavor to describe 
him as I saw him that day. 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 11 

He was then about eleven mouths old, and not quite fully fur- 
nished, but was a remarkably well developed dog for his age. He 
had a beautiful long, clean, typical head, with great power in front 
of the eyes, nice small ears, lovely neck, and clean, well placed 
shoulders, with good short, firm back and well set, gaily carried 
tail. His bone and legs and feet were extraordinary, and as round 
and firm as an English Foxhound, and being well covered with hair, 
gave him an appearance of immense strength. In color he was a 
dense black on his back and a rich golden tan on his legs and quar- 
ters, and his coat was both straight and hard. He had any amount 
of substance, yet, he was all Terrier, with nothing houndy or coarse 
about him. He was quite up to the standard weight, and when he 
was fully furnished I should say he was a little over. 

The photograph of Ch. Cholmondeley Briar which is published 
in this book was taken when he was past his prime, and really gives 
very little idea of what he was like, but it is the only one I have 
ever seen of him. 

Champion Cholmondeley Briar will always be remembered by 
Airedale Terrier breeders, as his name appears in nearly every first- 
class pedigree of the present day, if it is only traced far enough 
back, and he stamped his own grand type and character upon his 
breed in a most remarkable manner. 

His sire was a dog named Airedale Jerry, whom I remember well ; 
he was a dog who did a lot of winning in the north of England, 
but was never quite up to Championship form. He was a big, 
strong-boned dog with a long, typical head and a real hard, -wiry 
coat, but was overdone in ears. He was owned by Mr. John G. 
Horrocks, who, although he does not exhibit much now, is still one 
of the best and most popular judges of the breed. The sire of 
Airedale Jerry was a dog named Rattler, who won many prizes, and 
his dam, Bess, was by Champion Brush, who was by Champion 
Bruce, so that his pedigree goes back to the very first dogs that 
were exhibited. 

The dam of Champion Cholmondeley Briar was a bitch named 
Luce, who was afterwards purchased by Mr. Bryans and re-named 
Cholmondeley Luce, and appears under this name in many pedi- 
grees. I never saw her myself, but people who knew her well have 
told me that she was a good-headed bitch, very terrier-like in char- 
acter, with small ears and a good coat, but on the small side. It is 
impossible to follow out the j^edigrees of all the dogs sired by Cham- 



12 THE COMPLETE STORY 

pion Cholmondeley Briar, so I will take the progeny of only one of 
his sons — viz., Briar Test — as a typical example. 

Briar Test was by Champion Cholmondeley Briar ex Rosamund 
by Mr. Tatham's Champion Newboiild Test. He proved to be a 
most successful stud dog, and was a winner in good company. He 
inherited his sire's wonderful bone, legs and feet, and had a 
straight, hard dense coat, with black saddle and rich tan, and was 
a sturdy, well built Terrier all through, just lacking quality in head, 
which always kept him back in the keenest competition. 

Briar Test, mated to Betty by Mr. Maude Barret's A. P. Bruce, 
—a lovely quality terrier with beautiful coat and color,— sired in 
his turn Champion Master Briar, one of the best-headed Airedales 
ever bred. He was a dog brimful of true Airedale type and char- 
acter, and was essentially a "laster, " as his head was as clean as a 
puppy when I last saw him, when he was eight years old. He did an 
immense amount of good to the breed, as he stamped his own beauti- 
ful type and lasting qualities on his progeny. 

Champion Master Briar, in his turn, sired ^lessrs. jMills and 
Buckley's Champion Clonmel Monarch, who will always remain in 
my memory as one of the best I have seen. I judged him at Otley 
when he was a puppy about eleven months old, and gave him 
all I could, including the coveted gold medal for the best Airedale 
in the show, and I don't think he was ever beaten in England after- 
wards. He was a dog well up to the standard weight, yet full of 
quality and Terrier character, with a long typical head, lovely 
shoulders, great bone, nice level top, with great style and a good 
mover. He was a blue grizzle in color, which is not the color I like 
best, as I prefer the old-fashioned black saddle with tlie rich golden 
tan ; but a good Terrier, like a good horse, is never a bad color, and 
a blue grizzle is, after all, a good Airedale color, though the coat is 
not usually as straight or as good in texture as the black and tan. 
Although only at stud in England for a very short period. Cham- 
pion Clonmel Monarch left a lot of good stock behind him, as he 
was sire of Champion Tone Regent, Ch. Broadlands Royal Descen- 
dant, Ch. Clonmel Bed Rock, and a lot of bitches who produced 
good ones afterwards, and it was a distinct loss to the breed in 
England when he was sold to go to America, though he has done 
much good for the breed over there. 

To continue the male line. Champion Clonmel Monarch sired 
Clonmel Chilperic, who, when mated to Clonmel Loyal (a grand- 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 



13 



daughter of Champion Master Briar), sired Champion Master 
Royal, a very high quality Terrier who went to America. Cham- 
pion JMaster Royal, in his turn, when mated to Madame Briar (an- 
other daughter of Ch. Master Briar), sired Champion Midland 
Royal, who is the sire of Rockley Vesta, the dam of Champion 
Rockley Oorang, who is so well known both as a show dog and a 
stud dog at the present time. 

Another son of Champion INIaster Briar who proved a most suc- 
cessful stud dog, and from whom many of the present-day Cham- 
pions trace their descent, was a most beautiful Terrier named 
Crompton IMarvel. lie was a Terrier that I always thought was 
very unlucky never to become a full Champion, as he was full of 
quality, with beautiful coat and color. He was sire to Champion 
Freeman Terror, who is now in America, but he will be remembered 
chiefly by Airedale breeders as being the sire (when mated to Abbey 
Princess by Ch. Clonmel Monarch) of the great show and stud dog 




CH. TINTERN ROYALIST 



Champion Crompton Oorang, who is sire and grandsire to more 
Champions and first-class show dogs than any Airedale Terrier 
living at the present day. 

Champion Crompton Oorang was first brought out under me at 
Otley, when he was about eight months old, and although he was 
somewhat small for his age, he was such a beautiful type and so full 



14 



THE COMPLETE STORY 



of Airedale character that I put him first in all the Junior Classes. 
For some time after this show, it appears that he hardly grew at 
all, and his owners, thinking that he would never grow big enough, 
sold him for a sum that I have not the least doubt he has earned at 
stud in a month many times since for his lucky owner, Mr. W. 
Proudlove. 

Champion Crompton Oorang in his turn (when mated to Redcap 
Music by Ch. ]\Iaster Briar) sired Champion Crompton Performer, 
a rare good Terrier, who is grandsire to Champion Illuminator, who 
has recently gone over to America. 

Champion Crompton Oorang is also the sire of the English and 
American Champion, Danny Graig Commander, known in America 
as Prince of York. He is also the sire of Champion Rockley Oorang, 
whose pedigree has already been traced on his dam's side. 

To continue this line again on the male side, Champion Rockley 
Oorang is the sire of Champion King Oorang and (mated to Hor- 
field Thistle by Ch. Rock King by Ch. Master Briar) he is also the 
sire of the latest English Champion, Flornell Oorang, thus showing 
the unbroken descent of the best show dogs of the present day from 
the first Champions of the breed. 




BOTHWELL SORCERESS 
AT 3 MONTHS 

Winner of Best in Show, Hedgeley Puppy 

Show, 1911 

Then Owned by A. B. Proctor 




DAEGLE DECLARE 

Tintern Desire ex Victoria Madge 



CHAPTER II 

RECENT HISTORY 




CH. KOOTENAI RADIANCE 



Coming to what we may term 
the intermediate period of the 
breed, the most prominent 
breeders and exhibitors that 
I remember— though doubt- 
less I have overlooked many 
that have a right to be men- 
tioned here— in the North of 
England were Mr. J. R. 
Cooper, who owned Cham- 
pion Rock King, Champion 
Rock Salt and Champion 
Rock Princess ; the latter, a 
very beautiful bitch, was purchased by Mr. Foxhall Keene, but died 
on her way to America. Mr. A. E. Jennings was also a very suc- 
cessful exhibitor, and owned two leaders of the breed in Champion 
jNIaster Briar, whose name occurs in nearly every first-class pedi- 
gree, and Champion Dumbarton Lass, a very beautiful bitch, who 
was purchased by Mr. Jos. A. Laurin of Montreal, and was, I 
believe, a big winner in America. 

"When Mr. Jennings' kennel was sold, the majority of his dogs 
were purchased by Mr. Stuart Noble, who had a meteoric career for 
a short time. Mr. John G. Horrocks, the Abbott Bros., and the 
Lever Bros, were all keen breeders and exhibitors, and the prefix 
of "Crompton" owned by the latter firm will be found in the pedi- 
grees of the best Airedales of the present day. Mr. W. H. Chantler 
was also a keen breeder, and his dogs, with their prefix of "Prim- 
rose, ' ' are still well in front at the present day. 

]Vrr. Theo. Kershaw of Bradford always had some good ones, and 
has handled some of the best of the breed at different times, amongst 
them being Champion Dumbarton Sceptre, who will always live in 







STUDHOLME SNOWBALL 




GILTEAP 
A Famous Brood Bitch 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 19 

my memory as being one of the best and most typical Airedale 
Terrier bitches that I have seen. She was purchased by Mr. Theo. 
Offerman of New York, and I have no doul)t many American fan- 
ciers will remember her. 

Mr. Emil Sachse of Shipley was also a most successful breeder 
and exhibitor at this period. Any fanciers who have any of his 
"Studholme" blood in their kennels may be sure that they come 
from a very good and most carefully bred strain. So, likewise, was 
Mr. Herbert Croft of Bradford, whose dogs, with the prefix of 
"Barkerend," were generally to the front. These were among the 
keenest of the Yorkshire exhibitors. 

In the Midlands, also, the breed became very popular, Mr. L. H. 
Baker and Mr. E. Blunt being enthusiastic supporters of the breed. 
The latter gentleman was for several years Hon. Sec. to the Aire- 
dale Terrier Club, and owned some very good Terriers; the best of 
his early ones, perhaps, were Lord Belper and Princess Nut, who 
both went to America. 

Although Yorkshiremen must be given the credit of creating 
the Airedale Terrier, sportsmen in other parts of the country, and 
particularly in the South and West of England, were quick to notice 
its value and possibilities. 

One of the first in the South of England to take up the breed 
was Mr. Holland Buckley, whose kennel prefix of "Clonmel" is 
now known wherever Airedales are kept and shown ; and it is only 
fair to state that this gentleman, along with his partner, Mr. E. 
Royston ]\Iills, has pro])al)ly done more to foster and encourage the 
breed than any other breeder of the present day. Mr. Marshall Lee 
was the owner of that beautiful bitch Champion Walton Victory ; 
j\Ir. Hunter Johnstone will always be remembered by Airedale 
Terrier fanciers as the owner of Briarwood, the best ten months 
old puppy I ever saw— but, alas ! he grew too coarse with age, 
though he proved an excellent stud dog; Mr. Clarkson was the 
owner of Champion Broadlands Bashful a^id Champion Broadlands 
Royal Descendant ; INIr. Baines Condy has owned some good ones in 
his time, including Ch. Huckleberry Lass; ]\Ir. E. R. L. Hoskins 
was the owner of Briarcan Sultan and Champion Legrams Prin- 
cess, to mention only two of the many good ones that he owned ; 
and ]\Ir. G. H. Elder of Taunton's dogs with the prefix of "Tone" 
were always in front. His Champion Tone Masterpiece stands out 
in my memory as a very beautiful Terrier, but just on the small side. 





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OF THE AIRP]DALE TERRIER 21 

He was purchased by Mr. Theo. Oiferinan of New York, and proved 
to be a "laster" like his father, Champion Master Briar, as he was 
as good as ever when I judged him at Boston, Mass., in 1905. These 
gentlemen, and others whose names I cannot remember now, all 
rendered yeoman service to the breed, and have helped to lay a firm 
foundation for present-day breeders. 

Many Clubs were formed for the encouragement and advance- 
ment of the breed, the chief of these being The Airedale Terrier 
Club, the North of England Airedale Terrier Club, the Midland 
Airedale Terrier Club, and the London and South of England 
Airedale Terrier Club. 

During the lifetime of Maude Barret the Otley Show was gener- 
ally recognized as being the best show of Airedale Terriers in Eng- 
land, as they always gave a splendid classification; and being held 
in the first week in May, it was the first of the outdoor summer 
shows, and if a puppy could win at Otley it was usually a very 
good start for the rest of the summer shows. Since Mr. Maude 
Barret's death, the classification has fallen off, and the best show 
of Airedales at the present day— although as a Yorkshireman I am 
naturally loath to admit it— is generally recognized as being the 
Annual Club Show of the South of England Airedale Terrier Club, 
which is held in connection with the Great Joint Terrier Show at 
the Botanical Gardens, London. 

It is a well known axiom amongst dog exhibitors that nothing 
creates a good entry like a good classification, and in Mr. Holland 
Buckley, the Hon. Secretary of the Club and Manager of the Show, 
the Club have a past master in the art of show management, with 
the result that a huge classification is always given, which attracts 
entries from all parts of the country. When I had the honor of 
judging this Show, last year, there were twenty-five classes given 
for Airedale Terriers, with twenty special prizes, mostly cash and 
silver cups, and two Championships on offer, one for each sex. 

The Show is held in the early part of June, in the height of the 
London season, at a time of the year when London is full of visitors ; 
and the Botanical ' Gardens, with their well kept, velvety lawns, 
beautiful fiower beds, and shady trees, make an ideal place for an 
outdoor summer show. This beautiful show ground, together with 
the gaily dressed, fashionable crowd of exhibitors and spectators, 
appears to be an increasing attraction, not only to British exhibi- 
tors, who go up for the Show and a few days' holiday in town, but 



22 THE COMPLETE STORY 

for doggy people from all parts of the world, Americans being 
usually very well represented. 

The Yorkshire working men, who originally bred and kept the 
Airedale Terrier solely for its working qualities and gameness, little 
dreamt, at the time, that they were creating a Terrier that would 
become, within their own lifetime, one of the most popular Terriers 
in the world, and which would command prices as high as, if not 
higher than, any other breed of Terrier. £400 is said to have been 
given for one Airedale that went to America last year, and £300 
for another, and I could name over twenty Airedale Terriers that 
changed liands at prices between £100 and £200 within the last 
few years. 

It is the working qualities of the Airedale that have made it so 
popular in all parts of the world; and if these qualities are only 
maintained, I feel sure there is an even brighter future for the 
breed, which has been especially fortunate in having an enthusi- 
astic body of fanciers behind it, who have pushed it and boomed it 
at every possible opportunity. 

Thinking over the Airedales that I have known for the last thirty 
years, I fancy there may have been two or three dogs of outstand- 
ing merit in the past that would perhaps bear comparison with the 
dogs of the present day ; but in the old days these stood clean away 
from all the rest, and it was easy judging. At the present day it 
is the exception to see a really bad one at a good show, and classes 
naturally take a great deal more judging, and require much keener 
and intelligent criticism, when there may be five or six Champions, 
all near together, in one class, than they did in the old days, when 
there were just one or two good ones that stood out by themselves. 

The first Airedale Terriers that were exhibited showed distinct 
traces of their Otter Hound ancestry, and were a great contrast to 
the best show dogs of the present day, who combine the bone, 
strength and substance of the Otter Hound with the smart, clean- 
cut outline and quality of a high-class Terrier; and when we take 
into consideration the fact that it is only just over thirty years since 
the first classes were provided for Airedale Terriers at Bingley, the 
greatest possible credit must be given to Airedale Terrier breeders 
for producing such a beautiful Terrier in such a comparatively 
short time. 




CII. SOUDAN SWIYELLEE 

(Gaelic Hussar) 

A. K. C. S. B. 150891 

Whelped March 21, 1910 

By Elruge Monarch ex Gaelic Beauty 

Owned by Wm. Prescott Woleott 




OH. PRINCE OF YORK 



CHAPTER III 

HOW TO BREED WINNERS 

It is an easy matter for a rich man 
to write out a cheque and buy the 
very best dogs of any breed, but un- 
fortunately all fanciers are not in that 
happy position, and if they want to 
possess good ones they must breed 
them. 

A real fancier, whether he be a rich 
man or a poor man, is a breeder at 
heart, and loves his dog for itself 
alone, and not for its monetary value. 
He derives a lot of real pleasure from 
devoting his leisure moments to the study and breeding of his favor- 
ite breed of dog; and if he buys the right kind of breeding stock 
to begin with, it can be made a very profitable hobby as well. There 
are hundreds of people in England who make a good living by 
breeding high-class show dogs, and I know plenty of good business 
men who pay their rent and rates and get a good summer holiday 
out of breeding show dogs. I must say that I know no hobby from 
which a business man can get more pleasure, if he is built that way, 
as it takes him out into the fresh air, and causes him to walk miles 
with his dogs that he would never do otherwise. 

If he is a true fancier, and has got the right kind of grit in him, 
although his efforts are not crowned with success all at once, he will 
gamely struggle on, learning something from every failure, and 
his triumph is all the greater when at last he has tlie glory of breed- 
ing a Champion, and all the best men in the fancy are bidding 
against one another to get possession of it. 

The first thing I would recommend the budding Airedale Terrier 
fancier to do, is to get the ideal Airedale Terrier firmly fixed in his 
mind's eye, by taking every possible opportunity of going to the best 




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shows and seeing the best show dogs of the day. In my younger days 
I spent my holidays in going to the best shows in Great Britain and 
Ireland, and to the personal knowledge I acquired of all the best 
show dogs of those days, I feel certain that I owe whatever success 
I have since had as a breeder. 

I don't suppose there ever was a really perfect dog of any breed, 
—at all events, it has never been my good fortune to see one, — but 
by comparing the best points in the best dogs, the novice will gradu- 
ally get a good idea of what a really perfect Airedale Terrier should 
be like. 

I would also strongly recommend the novice to see the dogs judged 
in the show ring, as it is impossible to get a correct idea of what 
a dog is really like by seeing him on the show bench only. A dog 
with a good head and ears and a long, slack body and weak hind 
quarters often looks better on the show bench than a dog who may 
not be quite so good in head, but who smothers the other dog in 
body properties. 

Having got the ideal Airedale Terrier firmly fixed in his mind's 
eye, the next step for the intending breeder is the selection of the 
brood bitch. This is a most important thing, and is worthy of the 
most careful consideration, as one good bitch, properly mated, may 
keep a breeder in front for years. It is quality, not quantity, that 
is wanted in breeding show dogs. Though very few people seem 
to realize it, a good brood bitch, if she happens to be mated right, 
can earn more money than a good stud dog. A bitch that produces 
first-class show dogs, year after year, is a little gold-mine to her 
owner, and I know several bitches whose progeny have realized 
hundreds of pounds, besides keeping their fortunate owners in the 
front rank of exhibitors for years. 

A bitch bred from a family that has consistently produced first- 
class show dogs, from one generation to another, is invaluable. The 
best are by far the cheapest in the end. It is no use wasting time 
"trying to breed rats from mice," as we say in Yorkshire— life is 
too short. 

A good brood bitch need not necessarily be a good show bitch ; in 
fact, I think more good winners have been bred from the sisters to 
Champion bitches, than from Champions themselves. There are 
two things I consider absolutely essential to a brood bitch, and they 
are first-class breeding and a sound, healthy constitution. 

It is impossible to overrate the importance of first-class breeding. 



28 THE COMPLETE STORY 

By this I mean a pedigree of at least three generations on both 
sides, every individual member of which was either a first-class show 
specimen, a first-class stud dog, or a first-class brood bitch. If they 
can be procured with these characteristics for a longer period, so 
much the better. Dogs and bitches bred from such a family possess 
the power to reproduce themselves in a very marked degree. 

I would certainly prefer to breed from a moderate-looking bitch 
bred from a first-class family, if she had no really bad faults, than 
I would from a common-bred bitch, no matter how good-looking she 
was herself. 

A sound, healthy constitution is also a most important thing in a 
brood bitch. A strong, healthy bitch is far likelier to produce win- 
ners than a bitch— no matter what show qualifications she may 
possess— that is unhealthy, and a bad doer, and has to be condi- 
tioned to get her into show form. Puppies bred from the former 
are not half the troul)le to rear, as she will give them plenty of 
good, wholesome milk ; they will thrive on it, and will eat any kind 
of plain, wholesome food afterwards. The latter seldom has much 
milk, and what milk she has is generally unwholesome, and her 
puppies lack vitality, are generally unhealthy and seldom grow 
into anything good. 

Sound, healthy dogs are no trouble either to rear or to get ready 
to show, as they will eat practically anything, and any sportsman 
knows which is the best kind for work. A good doer comes home 
after a hard day's work and will eat a hearty meal, and go off to 
sleep, and be merry and bright next morning, and ready for another 
day's sport. A bad doer will turn away from good, wholesome food, 
and is little use for work the next day. 

It is the same with show dogs. A good-constitutioned dog can 
stand travelling about from show to show, as it will eat and sleep 
whenever it gets a chance ; but bad doers, who have had to be 
drugged to get them into show condition, cannot stand the strain, 
and are soon out of condition again. 

A bitch selected for breeding should be well balanced all over, 
and if she has no really excellent qualities, should have no really 
bad faults. The points that I consider essential are a nice, well- 
balanced head, small ears, good bone and legs and feet, and a sym- 
metrical body. A good coat is not really an essential if the bitch 
has an exceptionally long head and is bred from a long-headed 
family, as this can be corrected by proper mating. The coat I like 




en. SOUDAN STAMBOUL 

A. K. C. 8. B. 151449 

Whelped July 22, 1909 

By Midland Eollo ex Shaftesbury Queen 

Owned by Wm. Prescott Wolcott 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 31 

best, though, for an Airedale brood bitch is a short, hard, wiry coat 
that is inclined to be smooth on the sides and legs, and does not show 
much broken hair on the foreface, but is as hard as wire down the 
back. These breed the best coats, and a good-bred one, with a long 
head, of this type, is invaluable to a breeder. 

Another thing I would strongly impress upon the young fancier 
is, never to breed from either a dog or a bitch possessed of either 
a light eye, a big houndy ear, or an undershot mouth. If any one 
of these things once gets bred into a strain, one never knows where 
it may crop up again and spoil a dog that otherwise would be a 
good show dog. 

In England a good Airedale Terrier brood bitch, of first-class 
breeding, with no really bad faults, can usually be bought for £10 
to £20, according to quality. The best are by far the cheapest. I 
don't know the prices in America. 

It is a golden rule to breed from the best, and I am a great be- 
liever in it. I should not advise any one, going in for breeding show 
dogs, to go in for a cheap bitch. It is false economy. If they 
cannot afford to buy a good brood bitch, the next best thing is to 
buy a puppy bred from a first-class family and rear it themselves. 

A puppy at six or eight weeks old can usually be bought for the 
stud fee of the sire. At least that is a generally recognized rule in 
England. If it comes from a very successful brood bitch, it may be 
a bit more ; but even then, it is a much better investment than an 
inferior brood bitch. Being bred from a first-class family, it will 
always sell for at least what it has cost when it is reared ; while, on 
the other hand, there is the possible chance of its turning out a 
first-class show dog, as it is impossible to tell with certainty, when 
they are six weeks or two months old, which puppies will eventually 
turn out the best. In fact, it is one of the pleasures of breeding to 
see how the different puppies in the same litter keep passing each 
other at different stages; the despised one at six weeks old some- 
times turns out the best in the whole litter in the end. 

Some breeders don't care to sell puppies at this age, as they are 
afraid of parting with the best ; but unless they have ample facili- 
ties for rearing them all, I think it pays them best in the end. If a 
breeder sells twenty or thirty puppies in a year at three or four 
pounds each (I am speaking of English prices now), and one even- 
tually turns out a flier, he can always afford to buy it back again 
if he wants it ; and even if the owner won't sell it then, and it turns 



32 THE COMPLETE STORY 

out to be a Champion, he has always got the honor and personal 
satisfaction of having bred it, and it is the best advertisement that 
the kennel could have. I have sold two puppies at six weeks old 
that eventually qualified as Champions, in addition to many that 
turned out first-class show dogs, and I always looked upon it as the 
best advertisement my breeding stock could have. 

Having selected the brood bitch— and I don't advise the breeder 
to go in for more than two or three at most, and these should be of 
different strains if possible— the next step for the intending breeder 
is the selection of the Stud Dog. When a breeder owns a good bitch, 
he has all the best dogs in the country to select from when he wants 
to mate her. Upon the wisdom of his choice will depend to a great 
extent the future success of the kennel. 

Some breeders always select their stud dogs from big prize-win- 
ners only. They think that if a dog is a good one himself, he must 
get good puppies, but a show bench record is no criterion of the 
value of a dog at stud. Breeding to the best is a golden rule, if the 
breeder is influenced not by the individual dog alone, but by the 
character of his family also. 

The average breeder selects a dog that is strong in points where 
his bitch is weak. For example, if his bitch has a short head, he 
selects a long-headed dog for her. If she has big, light eyes, he 
selects a dog for her with particularly small dark eyes. If she has 
a light-colored soft coat, he selects a wire-coated and good-colored 
dog for her. If she is small, weedy and light in bone, he selects a 
big, strong-boned dog for her, and so on. If he studies individual 
excellence only, the very probable result will be that his puppies 
will never be any better than their parents, and indeed may possibly 
reproduce the faults of both the sire and dam, rather than the good 
points of either. 

The experienced and successful breeder goes deeper into the mat- 
ter. Before mating his bitch with the long-headed dog that she 
needs, he finds out whether the sire and dam of the dog he had 
selected were long-headed dogs, and whether they came from a fam- 
ily specially noted for their long heads. If he finds on inquiry that 
the dog is not bred from a long-headed family, he looks upon his 
long head as being an accident, and knows that he is not likely to 
get the point that he wants for his bitch. He does not use this dog, 
but selects a dog that is not only a long-headed dog himself, but is 
bred from a family of long-headed dogs. The same with the bitch 




ABBEY MASTEE MAGIC 

A. K. C. S. B. 104589 

Whelped Aug. 27, 1911 

By Ch. Eockley Oorang ex Clonmel Betty 

Owned by Francis G. Porter 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 35 

with the big light eyes. The dog that he had selected for her in the 
first instance proves on inquiry to have come from a bitch with 
light eyes, or with light-eyed dogs in her pedigree. He does not use 
this dog, of course, but selects one that has not only got small dark 
eyes himself, but who is bred from a family for two or three genera- 
tions on both sides that had all got small dark eyes; and although 
this dog may not be quite as good in other points as the dog he 
had thought of in the first instance, he is bred right for the par- 
ticular points he wants for this bitch, and he is likely to reproduce 
them. With the bad colored and coated bitch, and the small, weak- 
boned bitch also, he selects a dog that is not only good in the points 
that he wants for his bitch, but one that is also bred from a family 
that is strong in those particular points. 

The obvious conclusion is that a breeder, in selecting a stud dog, 
should not only study his individual excellence in the points that 
he wants for his bitch, but should also take into consideration the 
general character of his family, so far as the desired points are con- 
cerned. The successful breeder tries to select the dog most likely 
to correct the faults of his bitch, and at the same time to preserve 
her own good points as far as possible. 

It is a curious thing, but some sires, although both well-bred and 
good-looking, appear to possess but little individuality, and entirely 
fail to stamp their own type and character on their progeny. I 
know of several cases of dogs bred from the same parents, and both 
good show dogs, where one brother proves a successful sire of Cham- 
pions, and the other brother, although just as good-looking, never 
gets anything good, although all sorts and conditions of bitches are 
bred to him. It is the same with some bitches. Many well-bred, 
good-looking bitches, even when mated to sires that are most suc- 
cessful stud-dogs, never l)reed anything really good, while other 
bitches, no better bred and not half so good-looking, seem to breed 
winners in every litter. Why this is so, I do not pretend to know ; 
I only state it to be a fact. 

IVFy advice to young breeders is to keep a keen lookout for the 
dog who is getting the winners, and note the general character of 
the majority of the puppies that he gets, and if he thinks from his 
breeding and his appearance that he is likely to suit his bitch, to 
use him, and if he does not get the points he wants the first time, 
and he is satisfied in his mind that he is the right dog for his bitch, 
both in points and in breeding, to try him again, and even a third 



36 THE COMPLETE STORY 

time, as litters by the same sire and out of the same dam vary from 
one litter to another, just in the same way that the members of the 
same family vary in human beings, although they are all from the 
same parents. When I have wanted to get some particular point 
from a certain strain, and I was convinced that a certain dog should 
give me what I wanted, I have used him again and again, but I 
always got what I wanted in the end. 

A little inbreeding is necessary to preserve the characteristics of 
a particular strain. My favorite method with a good all-round 
bitch, who has no really bad faults, but no particularly outstanding 
merits either, is to breed her back to her best grandsire, or to a good 
son of her best grandsire. The latter has proved most successful 
for me. I am not in favor of very close inbreeding, like breeding 
brother and sister together. Close inl)reeding is only justified when 
both dogs are of exceptionally good quality, with plenty of size and 
substance, and then only to lix some particular point; and when 
necessary, it is better to breed the sire to the daughter, or the son 
to the dam, rather than breed brother and sister together. Even 
this should not be done more than once every few generations, as it 
weakens the nervous system. The fact also must not be overlooked 
that by inbreeding we are just as likely to inbreed a fault as to 
inbreed a good quality, hence the necessity to inbreed only to the 
very best. A fault inbred in two generations is far worse to breed 
out than a fault in one generation only. 

Before leaving the subject of the stud dog, I would impress upon 
the young fancier that perfect health, vigor, and a good, sound, 
healthy constitution are just as essential to a stud dog as they are 
to a brood bitch. When a bitch is mated to the dog, she should be 
in good, hard-working condition, and not too fat. It is much better 
to have her on the lean side than too fat. 

In conclusion, I would advise the young fancier to try and estab- 
lish a strain of his own. This is best done by continuing a line on 
the female side from one generation to another. By keeping such a 
strain running from one generation to another, the breeder knows 
the faults and good qualities of each particular generation, and 
must have a better chance of mating them rightly, than a breeder 
who is always changing from one strain to another. 




CH. ABBEY KING NOBBLEE 

A. K.C. S. H. IGlilL'S 

Whelped May 22, 1911 

By Oh. Soudan Swiveller ex Gay Flossie 

Owned by Francis G. Porter 




CH. KENMAEE SORCERESS 

A. K. C. S. B. 114241 

Whelped Sept. 22, 1909. By Resemblance ex Queen Oorang 

Owned l>v Wm. Prespott Woleott 



CHAPTER IV 

THE CARE OF THE BROOD BITCH 

- ' >:;«:•'.« ^.., We wiU HOW supposG that the budding 

A .^^Bilk fancier has purchased a brood bitch on 

^M^^^^^^^r""^ the lines laid down in the last chapter. 

I^^^^^^^^m He must now wait until she conies in 

|^p^^^B||y season, which Airedale Terriers usually 

^^ S do when they are from eight to ten 

HHHHHHHMMI^Kjm months old, though they vary a month 

■HHiHi^lJHHBB or so either way, according to their 

CH. LARCHiiERE MISTRESS development and the time of the year, 

MAGNET being usually a little earlier in the spring. 

A well-grown, healthy, well-nourished puppy who has lived a 

healthy outdoor country life, will usually come on earlier than a 

town-reared puppy who has not had so much liberty or exercise, and 

a healthy bitch will usually come in season about every six months 

afterwards. 

When the period is coming on, the bitch will be unusually play- 
ful, and try to attract the attention of other dogs. No notice need 
be taken of this, except as an indication that she must be carefully 
watched ever}^ day to see if she has any colored discharge. The 
moment this is observed, she should be locked up in a kennel by 
herself, where it is impossible for her to escape, or for any other 
dog to get to her. Where a bitch has to be left to the care' of ser- 
vants, who may have very little knowledge of dogs, T should 
strongly advise the owner to attend to this himself, as however 
obedient a bitch may be at ordinary times, she will obey her instinct, 
and escape, if she can, when she is in season. 

The period usually extends, from first to last, over three weeks. 
Bitches vary very much in the time when they will permit the 
approach of the dog. Some are quite ready in seven or eight days, 
while others are fourteen days or over sometimes. The best time 
to breed her to the dog is the first day after the colored discharge 

41 



42 THE COMPLETE STORY 

has died away, but it may be taken as a general rule to follow, that 
whenever a bitch is really keen on the dog, and shows by her actions 
her desire for his presence, that is the right time to breed her to 
the dog. 

If a bitc'li has to be sent a long distance by rail to visit a stud dog, 
it is best to send her in good time, when- she has been discharging 
about five days, as most owners of stud dogs would prefer to keep 
a bitch for a few days before service, rather than run the risk of 
her coming too late, as a long railway journey often upsets a bitch, 
and when she is near the end of her period it may cause her to go 
off season altogether. 

Accidents will happen sometimes, and in spite of all precautions 
a highly bred bitch will escape and contract a misalliance with a 
mongrel or a dog of another breed. Many a valuable bitch has been 
destroyed for this, because her owner had an idea that she would 
be of no more use to l)reed from, and that her future litters would 
be tainted. I know that this idea is prevalent among many breed- 
ers, but scientific opinion is against it, and my personal experience 
is also against it ; and if she is tried again to a pure-bred dog, I 
think it will be found that her puppies will be all right, and will 
show no traces of the previous misalliance. 

When a bitch comes in season, it is always wise to give her a good 
clean-out for worms before mating her to the dog. By doing this, 
the bitch herself will be stronger and healthier when carrying her 
puppies, and the puppies themselves are not so liable to be infected 
with worms when they come. 

Some breeders mate a bitch every time that she comes in season, 
but this is a great strain on her constitution and can only be done 
successfully Avith those that live a free, healthy country life. 
Bitches that are kept in kennels in big cities, and don't get much 
natural exercise, should only be bred from in the spring of the year. 

Amongst even experienced breeders opinions vary as to the wis- 
dom of breeding a bitch the first time she comes in season. Some 
breeders argue that a bitch would not come in season at all if nature 
did not intend her to breed puppies. Other breeders never mate a 
bitch the first time she comes in season, as they argue that she is 
not then fully matured, and that her puppies are not as big and 
strong as those from an older bitch. Personally, my opinion is that 
it is better to wait until the second period, except in the case of a 
big, well-grown, healthy bitch who comes in season just in the 




CLONMEL IMPEEIOUS 

A. K. C. S. B. 156304 

Whelped Dee. 27, 1910 
By Ch. Crompton Oorang ex Glamora Princess 




SOUDAN SAPPHIRE 

A. K. C. S. B. U9275 

Whelped Nov. 7, 1907 

By Springbank Performer ex Newfield Sunbeam 




DUMBARTON VIXEN 
At 11 Years of Age 



46 THE COMPLETE STORY 

spring of the year, as it must be a great strain on a young bitch to 
rear puppies. 

Some breeders like a bitch to have two services, with a day's 
interval between them. Other breeders are in favor of one service 
only, as they find that they have fewer puppies with one service 
than with two services. They argue that it is much better to have 
six or seven strong, healthy puppies than nine or ten small, weedy 
ones. My own experience has certainly ])een that I have had, on an 
average, larger litters with two services, than I have had when the 
bitch has had one service only ; and in a breed like the Airedale 
Terrier, in which size and substance are of such great value, I think 
it is best to have one service only, if the bitch is caught just at the 
right time, provided that the dog is a consistent stock-getter and 
the bitch is a certain breeder. The best time of the year to have 
puppies born is undoubtedly in the spring. They have then all 
summer in front of them, and can be easily reared outside. Sun- 
shine is as essential for puppies as it is for all animal life, and the 
more they can get of it when they are young, tlie better it will be 
for them. 

After the bitch has been mated to the dog, and her period of 
being in season is quite over, she should be allowed to have her 
entire liberty as much as possible. This is not always possible in 
towns, where there is danger of a valuable bitch being stolen if 
she is allowed to roam about by herself. In that case it is much 
better to let her have gentle walking exercise at frequent intervals, 
rather than take her for long, tiring walks. She should be fed 
generously all the time she is in whelp, and given plenty of new 
milk, brown bread, and oatmeal porridge, with fresh, lean, raw 
meat twice or four times a week. Great care should be taken to 
prevent her fighting, as it upsets her and often causes a miscarriage. 

A bitch is due to whelp sixty-three days after being mated to the 
dog, but they often vary a few days, most bitches whelping a day 
or two before their time. If the bitch is at all costive during the 
latter part of her pregnancy, a tablespoonful of vegetable oil or 
castor oil should be given every other day. 

About a fortnight before her puppies are expected, she should 
be placed where she is going to whelp, so that she will be quite 
settled down when they are due. She should not be housed with 
other dogs, but should be kept out of sight or hearing of them if 
possible. Warmth is of the utmost importance until the puppies 




VICKEEY VESTA 

A. K. C. S. B. 1.30188 

Whelped April 25, 1910. By Tintern Desire ex Ellerslie Vesta 
Owned by Vickery Kennels 



48 THE COMPLETE STORY 

are three weeks old, and if it is not convenient to put her in a room 
where there is artificial heat, the next best thing is to put her into 
a stable, or cow shed, where horses or cows are kept, as it is gener- 
ally warm there. If, however, this is not possible, she should be 
placed in a warm, dry, sunny kennel, with a box at least three feet 
six inches square, filled with a nice bed of straw for her to whelp 
in. It is best to have two boxes, so that one can lie well dried and 
disinfected while the other is in use. 

The bitch should have free access to a bowl of fresh drinking 
water, and be left to herself as much as possible. When it is seen 
tliat she is in labor, it is not wise to interfere with her, as Airedale 
Terriers, if strong and healthy, do not often require any assistance, 
and the less they are bothered at this time the better, as they are 
apt to get excited if they are interfered with, with the result that 
more harm is done than good ; so, beyond just looking at lier occa- 
sionally to see that all is going on riglit, it is best to leave her alone. 
Nature teaches her what is neces.sary. 

When she has finite finished whelping (which may take from four 
to twelve hours or even longer), her bed, which will now be quite 
wet, should be removed, and she should be placed with her puppies 
in the second box, Avhieh should have a nice clean bed of straw. 
The box that she has whelped in sliould be cleaned out and disin- 
fected, and dried ready for use again. 

She need not be fed for some hours, as she will eat the afterbirth, 
but sliould be left to rest for a while, and not be disturbed. The 
box should })e changed every day, but beyond this, the puppies 
should be interfered with as little as possible until they are three 
weeks or a month old. 

After the bitch has had a good rest, and is nicely settled down 
with her puppies in her new clean bed, a little boiled milk or thin 
gruel may be offered to her about every four hours, but she usually 
does not want much for the first day or two. If she will not drink 
milk, a little sheep's-head broth poured over stale brown bread or 
boiled rice may be offered to her. If this also is refused, it should 
be taken away, and she should not be offered anything again for 
four hours, but left with a dish of clean cold water close to her, so 
that she can drink when disposed. After the third day she may 
begin to liaA^e solid food, such as meat, vegetables, scraps from the 
table, brown bread and milk, or soaked dog biscuits with sheep's- 
head broth poured over them. All feeding vessels should be kept 




CH. DAEGLE DEPUTY 

E. K. C. S. B. 382 S 

Tintern Desire ex Victoria Madge 

Owned by Wallace Marrs 



50 THE COMPLETE STORY 

sweet and clean, as the bitch is liable to be easily upset when in 
this condition. 

The health of tlie nursing mother is of the greatest importance, 
and if her milk should be poor in quality or scanty it is far better 
to get a foster-mother. A foster-mother -need not be of the same 
breed, but should be as near the same size as the mother of the 
puppies as possible. She must be in perfect health, and have 
whelped within a few days of the puppies she is intended to nurse. 
As the puppies grow older and stronger, the mother's breasts are 
often made sore by the puppies biting and scratching her with their 
little sharp claws, and at length they will often cause her so much 
pain that she is almost afraid to nurse them. She will be greatly re- 
lieved if her breasts are gently rubbed with marshmallow ointment, 
which will not harm the puppies if they get it into their mouths. 

The puppies should have their tails docked and their dew-claws 
taken off when they are from five to seven days old. This can be 
done in both cases with a pair of sharp scissors, taking off al)out one 
third of the tail. 

The bitch, if she is a good mother, will be very keen on her pup- 
pies at first and will not leave them far for the first week or two. 
Her kennel door should be left open, so that she can come and go 
just as she pleases. She will be all the better for a little change and 
fresh air, and will not neglect thein, but will go in and nurse them. 

The puppies should be induced to lap as early as possible. It 
relieves the mother, and the puppies are all the better for it. At 
three weeks old they should be taught to lap milk, or lactol, which 
I have found very good indeed for getting the puppies on. The 
milk should not be mixed with water, as the bitch's milk is much 
stronger than either cows' or goats' milk. They should be fed on 
nothing but new milk which has been boiled and cooled down, 
lactol, brown bread scalded with new milk, boiled rice, oatmeal 
porridge, or Quaker oats, until they are two months old. 

The mother will usually lick her puppies and clean after them 
when they are in the nest. This is liable to upset her stomach, and 
sometimes afi:'ects her milk, and it is a good plan to give her a dose 
of castor oil once a week while she is nursing them. 

It is not wise to let a bitch rear more than six or seven puppies 
herself; if there are more, it is best to destroy the remainder, or 
get a foster-mother, as it is far better to have six or seven big, 
strong, healthy puppies than nine or ten weedy ones. 




A TYPICAL LITTER OF 
AIREDALE TERRIER PUPPIES 



CHAPTER V 

THE SELECTION AND REARING OP PUPPIES 




A COUPLE OF BOTHWELL PUPS 
Showing the spirit of their sire, Prince of York 



When the puppies are six 
weeks old, they should have 
been feeding themselves for 
some time, and are quite old 
enough to leave the mother; 
so, unless the owner has am- 
ple facilities for rearing them 
at home, they should be sent 
"out to walk," as it is called 
in England, to be reared. 

If they are going to be 
reared at a farm in the coun- 
try, it is better to send two 
to each place, as they exercise 
themselves better and amuse one another better than if sent singly,, 
but two are quite enough for one place. 

If they are going to be reared at a cottage in or near a town. 
I think it is better to send one puppy only to each place, as a 
woman will often take one puppy to live in the house, where it 
will get plenty of exercise by playing with the children, who will 
often make a pet of it, and take it about with them, while if two are 
sent, they will be shut up most of the day in some outbuilding, and 
will not get half the care and attention tliey would have if they 
were reared in the house ; and in a breed like the Airedale Terrier, 
where size and substance are so very essential, this is an important 
matter. 

When six weeks old it is impossible to tell which puppy will 

eventually turn out the best. Sometimes the least promising one 

at this age turns out the best in the end, and when the financial 

side has to be considered it is never wise to refuse a good price. 

Puppies from fashionably bred parents often sell better when 




MRS. l'KA\VI'OKl> \\1 I'll LODESTAK W II K X A PUPPY 



OK THK .\fin-:i>.\IJ-: TKUKWJi ',') 

tlicy fifx* six or r-ii^ht wcok.s oM, \vlir;n t.hoy are incc, roMud, In^althy 
I)ii[>[)io8, vvitli no faults that can be Sf^f-n, and with the possibility 
of b(;f;omin^ future (.'hampions, than they do later on, when a!) their 
iiufjerfeetions can he seen. 

Even if one sliouhl he sold at this a}<e which aftenvards hec-oines 
a Champion, the l^reedcr has always got the credit and personal 
SMtisf;i('tif>n rjf luivinf^ ])yc(\ it; and the inere fact of his havinjr s<^jld 
a ('haiiii>ion at this age will help to sell many other puppies, so that 
he will not he a loser in the end. 

The novice should select the puppies which have the longest 
heads, with the strongest foreface, the shortest hacks, the most hone, 
and the smallest ears, with well-set tails, and black back and deep, 
rich tan. The negative f)oints to be looked for are an undershot 
mouth, light eyes, big ears, long backs, white toes, or a light-colored 
soft coat. 

When there are two doubtful specimens and one of them has to 
go, if they are a dog and a bitch it is far better to keep the bitch, for 
though she may be only a moderate show dog herself, yet if she is 
healthy and well bred, she may turn out a really good brood bitch ; 
whereas a dog, if he is only a moderate specimen, is usually hard to 
dis[)Ose of. and is not much value as a stud dog. 

I shouhl like to impress upon young fanciers that it never y)ays 
in the end to send out a weedy or a weakly puppy. They will not 
all be show dogs, but they should at lea.st be strong and healthy, 
fair specimens of the breed, anrl fit for either sporting companions, 
house guards, or stud purposes. 

I'lippies are often troubled with worms, even at six weeks or 
two months old, and if they are going away to be reared, it is wm: 
to give them a dose of worm medicine before they go. A stock 
vermifuge that 1 have found very useful at this age may be made 
by taking one dram (&) grains; of santonine and mixing it with 
four ounces of castor oil. in a bottle with a round base, like a soda- 
water bottle. This mixture shoidd be heated before use to get the 
surplus santonine redissolved. A teaspoonful of this mixture, 
mixed with a little milk, is a dose for an Airedale puppy six weeks 
old, and shoidd be given fasting in the morning. Jf the first dose is 
not suci;essful, it should be repeated in about an hour and a half, 
followed by a hot, slopx)y breakfa.st of bread and milk or sheep's- 
head broth find brearl. Another good vermifuge for pups at this 
nge is to give one grnin of freshly [towflererl Hn-cA nut for every 



56 THE COMPLETE STORY 

pound the puppy weighs, followed iu an hour by a dessertspoonful 
of castor oil. 

Puppies bred from strong, healthy parents are not half as much 
trouble to rear as puppies bred from parents that are weakly and 
of bad constitution. The former will eat any good plain food that 
comes first, and are always merry and bright, and full of health and 
spirits, romping and playing all day long. They are a source of 
real pleasure to their owner, who delights to watch them and attend 
to them. If properly fed, they grow into big, strong, healthy dogs 
that are good either for sport or to stand the strain of travelling 
from show to show. Puppies bred from parents of weak, poor con- 
stitution have never the same vitality to begin with, are twice the 
trouble to rear, and if they do happen to have a lot of good show 
points, they have to be drugged to get them into show condition, 
and are never as good, either to breed from or for sport. 

The one great secret of puppy rearing is to feed little, and feed 
often, and never on any account to overfeed. Six times a day is 
not too much till they are three months old, then four times a day 
till they are six months old, then three times a day till they are 
twelve months old ; after that age, a dry biscuit or a handful of 
dry hound-meal in the morning and a square meal at night is quite 
enough for any adult dog, except for a stud dog, or a bitch in whelp, 
who should both be fed very generously with plenty of fresh, lean 
raw meat. I am a great believer in oatmeal porridge and new milk 
for rearing puppies, and this, with wholemeal brown bread and new 
milk, fish heads boiled until the bones are dissolved, Quaker oats, 
or sheep's-head broth p.oured over brown bread and house scraps, 
with a little fresh, lean raw meat occasionally, should be their 
staple food till they are six months old. 

One of the best puppy walkers I ever had was an old gardener 
who made milk and oatmeal porridge their staple food. He boiled 
as much oatmeal at one time as would last them two days, then 
poured it into another vessel to cool, and heated it up afterwards 
by pouring hot milk over it, to which he added a little treacle to 
sweeten it, feeding five or six times a day. His only variation was 
a few scraps from the house, and a boiled sheep 's-head or two occa- 
sionally. Whatever mistakes I made myself in breeding the pup- 
pies, as far as show points were concerned, one thing I could be 
always sure of, and that was that any puppies that he reared would 
always be big strong dogs, with perfect legs and feet, strong firm 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 57 

backs, and as merry and active as young kittens. My experience is 
that M^ell-cooked oatmeal and undiluted new milk are unequalled for 
making bone. 

In feeding puppies, it is much better to feed them separately 
than to feed them all together out of the same dish. In the latter 
case, the strongest ones push the weaker aside and eat more than 
they should do, while the weaker ones do not get as much as they 
really need. By feeding separately, every puppy gets its proper 
share — neither too much nor too little. 

I would impress upon the novice that these two rules — feed little 
and often, and feed separately— are the two greatest factors in suc- 
cessful puppy rearing. Note the difference between a puppy fed 
in this way and another that is allowed to gorge himself three times 
a day. The latter, when he has been fed, crawls away with dis- 
tended stomach to sleep off his heavy meal ; while the former, in- 
stead of sleeping, is all for play, stands firm and true on his legs, 
and is ready to play with anything that turns up. 

The novice must also bear in mind that a heavy body is so much 
weight on the legs, and that the legs of a young puppy are weak, 
and to allow a young puppy to gorge himself is a sure way to get 
weak, bandy legs and badly placed elbows. 

Puppies should never be fed until their abdomen is distended, 
but should be made to leave off eating while they are yet ready for 
more, and they should be kept as much as possible on tlieir feet, and 
encouraged to play and exercise as much as possible, and have a 
warm, comfortable bed that they can go to whenever they feel tired 
out. 

When the puppies are born in the spring, and the weather is fine 
and the ground dry, they are all the better for being out in the 
sunshine for about half an hour two or three times a day, when 
they are from three to six weeks old. In fact, the more they get 
into the sunshine, except in the hottest part of the day, until they 
are six months old, the better it will be for them. Sunshine is as 
essential to puppies as it is to all animal and vegetable life. 

When the puppies are four months old, they should be taught to 
kill rats. It is the first thing an Airedale Terrier should learn, and 
it helps to make them hardy and gives them courage and confidence 
that is useful in the show ring afterwards. I have had puppies 
that would kill cleverly at three months old, but I tliink four months 
is perhaps soon enough. 



58 THE COMPLETE STOKY 

Some people expect an Airedale puppy to kill rats at first sight, 
and some of them will do so, but this is surely unreasonable to 
expect. Up to this time, if the puppy has attempted to give vent 
to his natural instincts by chasing fowls, sheep, cats, etc.. it has been 
checked by its master and severely rated- for doing so ; yet there 
are people who, in spite of this, expect to see him rush in and kill 
the first rat he sees, when he does not know whether he will be doing 
wrong or right. This is not quite fair to the puppy ; he should first 
be shown what he is expected to do. 

He should be held, and allowed to see an older dog kill some rats, 
then he should be encouraged to take hold of the dead rats and 
carry them about in his mouth, and be plainly shown what he is 
expected to do. If he can be taken where a corn stack is being 
ferreted, or to where other dogs and ferrets are working around 
some farm Iniildings, he will soon learn to take a hand in the game, 
as it comes natural to an Airedale Terriei*. If he is led gradually 
on, step by step, without putting him to something beyond his 
strength and powers, there are very few things that he will not 
dare to tackle when he is full grown, if he is told l)y a master in 
whom he has every confidence. 

As tliis may not be practicable for a townsman, I have a method 
of my own of entering a puppy to rat-killing that may possibly 
interest some townsmen who have not tlie advantage of living in 
the country. I have a hay loft over my .stable, in wliich every hole 
has been carefully cemented up, so that the rats cannot possibly 
escape. When I want to try a puppy, I send for a cageful of rats, 
and then lay big heaps of straw at intervals all over the floor. I 
then open the door of the cage and allow the rats to escape. In a 
few seconds they have all taken to cover under the various heaps 
of straw. I then fetch the puppy, turn him loose in the room, and 
sit down and light my pipe. In a little while the puppy, finding 
that I will not play with him or take any notice of him, begins, 
puppy-like, to investigate the room, with the result that he prob- 
al)ly disturbs one of the heaps of straw where the rats are concealed, 
and causes a rat to bolt and seek another cover. The puppy, seeing 
the rat and winding something new, chases him to the next heap of 
straw, where the rat takes cover again, and wlien the puppy pushes 
his head in after it to investigate, the rat either bolts again, when 
he chases after it. or the puppy gets bitten for his curiosity. If he 
is naturally a game one, this puts him on his mettle, and, encouraged 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 59 

by me, he generally has a go for it, and after a struggle usually 
kills it, sometimes getting badly bitten bj' an old rat. It is great 
fun, when he has won his first battle, to see him swagger around 
with the rat in his mouth, as if he owned the whole earth. In a little 
while, when he has settled down a bit, I take the rat from hiin and 
make him understand that it is dead, and then show him where 
some of the other rats are hidden. lie is keener this time, and 
usually kills the second in about half the time he took to kill the 
first one, and so on until he has finished the lot. 

This method seldom fails. If the puppy does not take to it at 
first, I fetch out an old dog to show him how it should be done. 
It also has the advantage of teaching him to put down his nose and 
hunt, as he knows perfectly well, after he has killed the first two 
or three rats, what he is hunting for. 

When the puppies are six or seven months old, the dogs that 
promise to make winners should be taken in hand and trained for 
the show ring, and the others drafted out and sold for house guards 
or sporting companions; and the sooner this is done, the better, as 
they only take up room that better dogs should occupy. 




E I G II T 



A 
WEEKS 



LITTEK Ol' 
OLD ENGLISH 



PUPPIES 




CII. PEINCE OF YORK 

(Cli. Danny Graig Commander) 

A. K. C. S. B. 141822 

Wlielped April 4, 1907. By Ch. Crompton Ooraug ex Daisy Marvel 

Owned by Vickery Kennels 




CHAPTER VI 

now TO TRAIN AND CONDITION FOR THE SHOW RING 

When the puppies are about six or 
seven months old, those that look like 
making winners should be taken in 
hand and prepared for the Show 
Ring. 

If the puppies have been kept out 
at walk, the probability is that they 
will have had very little grooming, 
and their coats will be in a rough, 
patchy condition. All this outer coat 
should be taken off with fingers and 
CH. TiNTEKx ROYALIST thuuib, dowu to the inner coat, so that 

when the top coat grows again, it will be all nice, new, even coat 
of the same age and length. It will come off quite easily and will 
not hurt the puppy at all. A good-coated dog will take two months 
or even longer to grow a nice new coat, but a soft-coated dog will 
probabl}^ be ready in four or five weeks, as a soft coat grows much 
quicker than a hard, wiry one. 

The puppy should be well combed daily, with a fine steel comb 
that will take away all the soft downy hair, and afterwards be 
well brushed with a hard dandy brush, finishing off' with a good 
rub down with a hound glove, for about five minutes. This makes 
the coat lie close and dense, and l)oth gives it a polish and makes 
it handle harder. 

If this is done regularly, and all the old dead coat is picked out 
as it makes its appearance, a dog with a good natural wiry coat will 
be in show condition all the year round, as he will never get really 
bad ; but a bad-coated dog will have to be stripped again in a few 
weeks, as it soon grows too long and shaggy. 

However cleverly a realh^ bad-coated dog may have been 
trimmed, it seldom deceives an experienced judge, who can always 



64 THE COMPLETE STORY 

tell when a dog has a good natural coat, and will rightly penalize 
one that has been overtrimmed. 

About a month before the show, if there is the least suspicion 
that the puppy has worms, it is wise to give it a good dose of worm 
medicine. There are many good worm medicines advertised, but 
I like the old-fashioned areca nut and santonine combination as 
well as any. For a well-grown Airedale puppy about nine months 
old, give 40 grains of freshly grated areca nut mixed with 3 grains 
of santonine and made into a pill with lard or butter, all to be 
followed two hours afterwards with an ounce of castor oil. Then 
feed on some hot, sloppy food and give walking exercise until the 
operation is completed. For an adult Airedale the dose would be 
60 grains of areca nut and 4 grains of santonine. 

I don't believe in giving drugs to a dog to get it in show condi- 
tion, as this can be done much better by a suitable diet, plenty of 
exercise, and strict attention to cleanliness. The only medicine that 
I ever give to my own dogs, with the exception of an occasional 
dose of castor oil or Avorm medicine, is a teaspoonful of milk of 
sulphur in their soft food once a week. This appears to keep their 
blood right, and I seldom have any skin disease in the kennel. 

In addition to the ordinary exercise the puppy gets, he should 
now be walked on a long lead for about an hour daily, on the hard 
road if possible, as this is good for his feet, and keeps the nails 
down and also helps to get him into good, hard condition. If he is 
taken occasionally amongst traffic and other dogs, he will get accus- 
tomed to them and will be all the better for it. 

Some Airedale puppies do not take kindly to the leader at first, 
especially country-reared puppies that have had their entire liberty 
up to this time. With this kind of dog the only thing is patience 
and kindness, as they often make the keenest showers in the end, 
when they have got over their shyness. Puppies have to be trained 
and broken for the show ring, and taught to make the most of them- 
selves, just the same as a show hackney has to be broken and taught 
to show off all his best points. 

If the puppy will not go in the leader at first, don't drag him 
along the road, but take him home again and turn him loose in the 
kennel yard with the leader fastened to his collar, and let him drag 
it after him for about a quarter of an hour, twice a day, until he 
gets quite accustomed to it. When he appears to be no longer afraid 
of it, pick up the end of the leader occasionally, and after attract- 




CH. TINTERN ROYALIST 

A. K. C. 8. B. 135457 

Whelped June 28, 1908 

By Tintern Desire ex Tintern Blossom 

Owned 1)V Vickerv Kennels 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 67 

ing his attention, throw him a few pieces of meat. He will soon 
begin to expect this whenever the leader is taken up. Encourage 
him to romp and play with the leader on ; throw pieces of meat for 
him and let him gallop after them, still holding him by the leader, 
and he will soon begin to think that it is a game that he likes, and 
will be as keen on it as his master. 

When out walking on the road, the owner or trainer should 
always carry a few pieces of meat in his pocket, and if the puppy 
is at all afraid of anything that he meets, he should be petted and 
encouraged until he has got over his fear, and not be bullied; and 
if he is systematically treated with kindness in this way until he 
outgrows his puppyhood, it will take a lot to frighten him when he 
is a fully matured dog. 

When his owner sees a chance, in a quiet place, he should pull 
him up and teach him to stand with his head and tail up, on the 
alert. Throw him a few bits of meat, and he will soon learn to 
stand and pose like a hackney stallion. Then walk on another mile, 
stop, and give him another lesson, and it is surprising how soon he 
will learn what he is expected to do ; and when he is taken into the 
show ring he will always beat a dog that may be just a little better 
in show points, but does not make the very most of himself. 

When he has got thoroughly accustomed to the leader, chain him 
up to a post, and tell him to stop there, and then walk away and 
leave him. On your return, pet him, and give him a few bits of 
meat, and let him see that he has been all right, and that you ex- 
pected him to stay where he had been fastened. When he has once 
learned this lesson at home, it will save him a lot of worry and 
trouble when he goes to a show and is fastened on a show bench 
for the first time. 

When a fancier cannot spare the time to give a dog this road 
exercise, it can be kept in fairly good condition if it is taught to 
retrieve a ball for a few minutes two or three times a day, though 
too much of this has a tendency to make them go in shoulders. 

In the summer time it is never wise to give severe exercise in the 
middle of the day, "when the sun is at its meridian," but always in 
the morning or the evening, when it is cooler. 

The puppy should be fed on food that will make good, firm, hard 
muscle, and not fat. It should not be overfed, but should be fed 
lightly, three times a day, after exercise. A dry dog biscuit, or a 
little dry hound-meal, will do for breakfast ; a little perfectly fresh, 



68 THE COMPLETE STORY 

minced lean raw meat at noon, with a soft feed, at night, of soaked 
dog biscuits or brown bread, well mixed with green vegetables, 
sheep's-head broth and meat or fish, will make a nice, varied, and 
nourishing diet. 

An Airedale Terrier should always be Shown in good, hard-work- 
ing condition and not too fat. It should be in good health and 
spirits, with the eyes clear and bright, the coat and skin in perfect 
condition, and be full of vim and fire, so that it will make the very 
most of itself in the show ring. 

I would strongly urge the young fancier never to show his dog 
unless it is in perfect condition, both in health and in coat. More 
novices have given up dogs through doing this than an3d:hing else 
that T know of. They show a good dog in bad coat and form gener- 
ally, and get put down l)elow dogs that they could easily beat if their 
dogs were in better condition. Some astute professional notes the 
dog's sterling qualities, and Iniys him, well knowing what he can 
do when he is put down in better form and condition. He spends 
time with him and gets the dog into good form, when he rightly 
beats the dogs that beat him when he was owned and exhibited by 
the novice. The novice then often blames the judge, when it is 
his own fault entirely. 

A strong, capable judge will always judge the dogs on the form 
they show when he is judging them in the show ring. He does not 
take into consideration what they may have done in the past, or 
may possibly do in the future. He judges them as he sees them 
before him at the moment. If a dog loses under a particular judge 
at one show, there is no reason whatever why he should not beat 
the same dogs, under the same judge, at another show, if the dog 
is then put down in lietter health and condition, and shows himself 
better. 

There is a great art in handling a dog in the show ring, so as to 
exhibit all its best points to the judge, and as few of its bad ones 
as possible. At the same time, it takes a very clever handler to 
deceive an experienced judge, who has generally been through the 
mill himself, and is quite awake to all the little dodges. I remember 
old George Hallewell—" Yorkshire George," as they used to call 
him— once judging at Bingley, when a certain well-known profes- 
sional was leading a Terrier who, though somewhat plain in head 
and heavy in shoulders, had a very good body and set on of tail, 
with an excellent coat of good color. When "old George" came to 




ELEUGE MONAECH 

A. K. C. .S. B. 144512 

Whelped July 1, 1904. By Colne Master Eoyal ex Clonmel Eeseda 

Owned by Kootenai Kennels 




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72 THE COMPLETE STORY 

examine this dog, the handler naturally turned his head away from 
the judge, and showed him his good body and outline and his excel- 
lent coat. After looking at the dog for a bit. "old George" walked 
round to have a look at the dog's head and front, when the handler 
immediately turned the dog round again and showed him his body, 
etc., again. This occurred two or three times, when ''old George" 
lost his temper and said aloud in his broad Yorkshire dialect, 
"That 's all right, lad, I 've looked at his body long enough; let 's 
hev a look at his heead nah," and ever}' body around in the show 
ring roared with laughter as they appreciated the joke. 

A judge usually gives every consideration to the novice, and will 
give him every opportunity to show his dog, when he is opposed to 
an experienced, clever handler; but if the novice has a really good 
dog, it often pays him to engage a professional handler to take it 
to the first few shows, till the dog gets thoroughly accustomed to 
the show ring. IMy advice to the young fancier is to watch the best 
professional liandlers when they are showing their own dogs in the 
ring, and he will soon get hold of the knack. Another hint that 
I would give the novice is not to push his dog under the judge's 
nose all the finie, or follow him about the ring when he is examining 
the other dogs ; it is not fair to the other competitors, and nothing 
annoys a judge more. There is no fear that a competent judge will 
overlook a dog, and he can see the dog much better when it is a 
short distance from him than he can when it is always under his 
nose. If he wants to make a closer examination, he will either go 
to the dog himself or ask the exhibitor to bring it to him. 

When taking a puppy on a railway journey to a show, it is 
better not to give it a heav}- meal before it starts, or it may be sick 
in its box and mess itself up. It is far better to wait until it arrives 
at the show, and then, being slightly hungry, it will eat what it 
requires. 

On returning home, it is a good practice to give it a good dose 
of Epsom salts, especially if the show lasts more than one day, as 
it will have lain on the show bench most of the time, and a good 
clean-out will do it good, and may possibly save it from an attack 
of distemper. In any case, it should be kept away from the other 
puppies for a few days, to see whether it is going to develop dis- 
temper or not, as there is always a risk. 




CH. BEIAES MASTEEPIECE 

A. K. C. S. B. 109,205 

Whelped Jan. 1, 1907. By Ch. Bolton Woods Briar ex York Vixen 




IMPERIUUS 0()RAN(7 



CHAPTER VII 

POINTS WHERE IMPROVEMENT IS STILL NEEDED 

Although Airedale Terrier 
breeders are to be congratu- 
lated on the wonderful prog- 
ress that the breed has made 
in such a comparatively 
short time, there is still con- 
siderable room for further 
improvement. 

There has, no doubt, 1)een 
a great improvement in 
heads in recent years, but 
texture of coat and color 
have got steadily worse, and 
I am convinced that many Airedale Terrier breeders are sacrificing 
the real, hard, natural wiry coat, that it is so essential that the 
breed should possess, in order to obtain the long clean heads that 
look so attractive on the show bench. This is a great pity, and if 
persisted in will do permanent injury to the breed, as nothing dis- 
gusts a novice more than to buy a dog who has been trimmed down 
and appears to have a fairly good coat, and then to find out a few 
weeks afterwards that he grows a coat like a sheep dog. 

The right kind of coat should be so close and dense that the dog 
should be able to swim across a fair-sized river and back again 
without wetting his skin at all ; and dogs with this kind of coat 
make the best show dogs also, as the only preparation their coats 
require for the show ring is good grooming and the old dead hairs 
picked out as they appear. 

The original and, in my opinion, the best color for an Airedale 
Terrier is the black saddle and the rich golden tan, which the best 
dogs of the breed in the past possessed. Champion Cholmondeley 
Briar, Champion Master Briar, Champion Clonmel Marvel, and 
Champion Otley Chevin— to mention but a few that occur readily 
to my mind — were. all of this color. It is not only the most attrac- 



76 THE COMPLETE STORY 

tive color, ])ut is, generally speaking, the best for texture as well, 
and it seldom grows too long. The light-colored, grizzly-coated ones 
usually have the worst texture of coat, but these have generally got 
the longest and cleanest heads. 

This reminds me of a curious fact, that has often been com- 
mented on by experienced breeders of any kind of wire-haired Ter- 
riers, and that is, that the best-headed Terriers in any breed have 
usually got the worst coats, and the best coated and colored ones 
have usually got the w^orst heads. Why this should be so I do not 
know ; I only know it to be a fact, and 1 am convinced that all breeds 
of wire-haired Terriers have a tendency to come so. 

In Airedales, as in other breeds of wire-haired Terriers, the most 
difficult thing is to get a long quality head, together with a sound, 
hard, non-trimming coat of good color. They may be hard to get, 
but when you do get them, if the other points are right, you have 
a Champion, and it is an ideal worth trying for. 

The second point where, in my opinion, considerable improve- 
ment is still needed, is in size and substance. The Airedale Terriers 
are the biggest of all the Terrier family, and they should have a 
distinctive character which is all their own. Size, strength, bone 
and substance are all essential points if the breed is to maintain its 
present popularity as all-round sporting dogs, and to do the hard, 
rough work they were first bred for, as it is in these very points 
that they excel every other breed of Terrier. 

The fact must not be overlooked that the standard weight of an 
Airedale Terrier is 45 pounds for a dog, and for bitches slightly 
less ; and personally' I would rather have them a pound or two over 
this weight, provided that there is nothing coarse or lioundy about 
them, and that they are full of Terrier character. 

Some years ago, the Committee of The Airedale Terrier Club was 
so keen on the necessity of maintaining the standard weight of the 
breed that they added the following foot-note to the official "Stan- 
dard of the Airedale Terrier, ' ' and it still appears in their Book of 
Rules, under the official description of the "Standard of the Aire- 
dale Terrier": "That it is the unanimous opinion of the A. T. C. 
that the size of the Airedale Terrier as given in the above Standard, 
if not the most, is one of the most important characteristics of the 
breed. All judges who shall henceforth adjudicate on the merits 
of the Airedale Terrier shall consider undersized specimens of the 
breed severely handicapped when competing with dogs of the Stan- 




CH. CLOXMEL MOXARCH 

A. K. C. S. B. 01,021 

By Ch. Master Briar ex Richmond Peggy 



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THE COMPLETE STORY 



dai'd weight; and that any of the Club's Judges who, in the opinion 
of the Committee, shall give prizes, or otherwise push to the front, 
dogs of a small type, shall be at once struck off from the list of 
specialist judges. ' ' 

The first Airedale Terriers that were exhibited, no doubt showed 
too much of the Otter Hound, and for many years breeders were 
trying to get rid of this, and introduce more Terrier character; 
but to-day, in my opinion, there is a danger of this being carried 
too far, as we often see smart, showy, good-headed Terriers win- 
ning that are light in bone, weedy in body, and under 40 pounds 
in weight; dogs that most certainly could never stand the hard, 
rough work that an Airedale is expected to do. 

Fox terriers have to be kept down to a standard weight to enable 
them to go to earth to tackle the Fox, Otter or Badger. In the 
same way, Airedale Terriers must be kept up to the standard weight 
of the breed, if they are to continue to do the work that an Airedale 
is expected to do. 

I hope I have made myself quite clear. What is wanted at the 
present day is not a big, coarse, hound.y type of Terrier, but a Ter- 
rier with the strength, bone, and substance and hunting qualities 
of his ancestor, the Otter Hound, combined with the cliaracter, 
quality, gameness and vim of a high-class Terrier. This may be 
hard to get, but it is the ideal, and if we keep pegging away we are 
sure to get there in the end. 




VICKERY KENNELS 




By Ch. Prince of York ex Arueeliff Keno 
Owned by Arthnr B. Proctor 




ONE HUNDRED RATS KILLED IN AN HOUR 
BY AN AIREDALE 



CHAPTER VIII 

THE VERSATILITY OP THE AIRED.YLE TERRIER 

The Airedale Terrier is the 
biggest and hardiest of all the 
Terrier famil}^, and as an all- 
round, useful dog has no 
superior. 

For the one-dog man who 
lives in the country, there is 
no more delightful sporting 
companion and protector. 
They are good-tempered and 
very affectionate, faithful to 
people they know, and fond 
of children, who can romp 
and play with them without 
the least danger, as there 
might be with some breeds that possess the same amount of courage 
as the Airedale Terrier. 

They are splendid guards to either person or property, and if 
their master likes to go out with a gun, they are in their proper 
element, as they have a keen, sensitive nose, are born hunters and 
thorough vermin-killers. 

They are excellent water dogs, their close, dense coats permitting 
them to enter the water at nearly all times of the year, when most 
other dogs would refuse ; are easily trained to retrieve from either 
land or water, and can be taught to beat game from a rough cover 
like a spaniel. They have been used to drive both cattle and sheep, 
and can be taught to hunt the trail of either man or animal. 

Though too big to go to ground, they will tackle and hold either 
an Otter or a Badger; the.y are exceptionally intelligent and dead 
game, and have been used for all kinds of sport, in all parts of 
the world. 

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In the United States this dog- has been tried and proved his 
worth in an entirely new tiehl of sport, and from all reports he has 
taken as naturally to hunting bears as hunting otter, the form of 
hunting he was bred for. 

The citizens of the western part of the United States and Canada, 
where the brown and grizzly bear are plentiful, are loud in singing 
the praises of the Airedale Terrier as they claim he is far superior 
to any other breed in use for bear hunting, for he has the strength, 




OTIS AIREDALES AFIELD 



the staying power, the gameness and grit of any other dog and, 
what is more to the point, he displays marvelous head work and 
discretion in tackling the bear and soon learns the fine points of 
the game and shows his natural aptitude for it. The only criticism 
they can find in him is that he is a bit too light and does better at 
this arduous work if weighing from 10 to 20 pounds more than 
a "Standard" specimen, and I understand that they have bred 
them up to 70 pounds or more for this purpose. 

I believe in bear hunting the dog is expected to track and engage 
the bear 's attention by worrying him ; to give voice and thereby call 
the hunter to the spot. And the great secret of a successful bear 
dog is not to get too close to Master Bruin's front paws, but just 
keep him sufficiently interested to have him remain in one spot long 
enough for the hunter to come up and engage him. 




OTIS DIANA 

A. K.C. S. Ji. 142.>s.Vj 

Whplf.ed Feb. 25, 1909. By Otis Lyuii .-x Hoyston Naiad 



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The hunting is done over very rough country, a great deal of it 
in the mountains, and a great many miles are covered in a day's 
sport, and this fact, together with the work expected of hira, really 
calls for a heavier dog than he naturally is. 

After repeated experiments with other breeds of dogs, they have 
become generally adopted as police dogs, both at home and in the 
Colonial, Indian, and Continental police forces, and are the breed 
generally used for war purposes in the European armies. 

Wherever they have been introduced, they soon make them- 
selves at home, and are general favorites, as they are easily reared 
and can stand any amount of hard, rough work in either hot or 
cold climates. They are now firmly established in the country of 
their birth, the United States, Canada, South America, India, South 
Africa, Australia, and all over the continent of Europe. 




AIREDALES DOING POLICK WUKK 




MODEL OF AN AIREDALE TERRIER 
Bv Artliur Botlroell Proctor 




CHAPTER IX 

DESCRIPTION OF THE IDEAL AIREDALE TERRIER 
AND OFFiriAL STANDARD 

The ideal Airedale Terrier 
should be well up to the Stand- 
ard weight of the breed, which 
is 45 pounds for dogs and 40 
pounds for bitches. The head 
should be long and clean in 
cheek, with strong punishing 
jaws, well covered with broken 
hair, and flat skull. It should 
be perfectly balanced, and as 
long from the occiput to the 
stop as it is from the stop to 
the end of the nose. The 
cH. SOUDAN sTAMBciL ^^^^^^ shouM be neither under- 

shot nor overshot, and the teeth perfectly level, white and sound. 
The nose should be black and the eyes rather small, dark hazel in 
color, with a keen Terrier expression ; the ears, small, Y-shaped, and 
carried close to the side of the head ; the neck of good length, widen- 
ing gradually towards the shoulders and entirely free from throat- 
iness ; the shoulders long and fine and sloping well into the back. 
The legs should be perfectly straight, with plenty of good, round, 
solid bone and well covered with hair ; the feet round and compact, 
with good thick pads; the coat hard, dense and wiry, moderate in 
length, and not so long as to hide the outlines of the body, neither 
wavy nor inclined to curl, and without the slightest suspicion of 
silkiness or linty color; the color black on the saddle and a rich 
golden tan on the head and legs. The back should be short, firm 
and strong, with level top, and the tail set on rather high and car- 
ried gaily. The ribs should be well sprung and the chest deep but 
not broad. The hind quarters, strong and muscular and rather 
long from the hip to the hock. 

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88 THE COMPLETE STORY 

The general impression should be that of a big, sturdy, sym- 
metrical Terrier, with any amount of bone and substance, yet at the 
same time entirely free from the slightest suspicion of clumsiness, 
with a long terrier-like head, small, well-carried ears, dark glossy 
saddle, and rich golden tan— a dog which combines strength and 
activity to a very remarkable degree, yet is full of the highest qual- 
ity and shows intense Terrier character. He should be game and 
hard, and full of dash and fire, fit and ready for any kind of sport 
—in a word, an Airedale Terrier should look what he really is, both 
a sportsman and a gentleman. 



STANDARD OF THE AIEEDALE TERRIER 

Head. — Long, with flat skull, not too broad between the ears and 
narrowing slightl}^ to the eyes; free from wrinkle. Stop hardly 
visible, and cheeks free from fullness. Jaw deep and powerful, 
well filled up before the eyes; lips tight. Ears V-shaped, with a 
side carriage ; small but not out of proportion to the size of the 
dog. The Nose black. The Eyes small and dark in color, not 
prominent, but full of Terrier expression. The Teeth strong and 
level. 

Neck. — Should be of moderate length and thickness, gradually 
widening towards the shoulders and free from throatiness. 

Shoulders and Chest. — Shoulders long and sloping well into the 
back; shoulder-blades flat. Chest deep, but not broad. 

Body.— Back short, strong and straight. Ribs well sprung. 

Hind Quarters. — Strong and muscular, with no droop. Hocks 
well let down. The Tail set on high and carried gaih^, but not 
curled over the back. 

Legs and Feet.— Legs perfectly straight, witli plenty of bone. Feet 
small and round, with a good depth of pad. 

Coat. — Hard and wiry, and not so long as to appear ragged; it 
should also lie straight and close, covering the dog well all over 
the body and legs. 

Color. — The head and ears, with the exception of dark markings 
on each side of skull, should be tan, the ears being of a darker 
shade than the rest; the legs up to the thighs and elbows being 
also tan, the body black or dark grizzle. 

Size. — Dogs, 40 to 45 pounds weight. Bitches, slightly less. 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 



89 



That as it is the unanimous opinion of the Club that the size of 
the Airedale Terrier as given in the above Standard, is one of, if 
not the most important characteristics of the breed, all judges 
who shall henceforth adjudicate on the merits of the Aire- 
dale Terrier shall consider undersized specimens of the breed 
severely handicapped when competing with dogs of the standard 
weight. And that any of the Club's judges who, in the opinion of 
the committee, shall give prizes or otherwise push to the front dogs 
of a small type, shall be at once struck off the list of Specialist 
Judges. 



SCALE OF POINTS 

Head, ears, eyes, mouth 20 "j 

Neck, shoulders and chest 10 / 

Body 10^ 

Hind quarters and stern 5 >30 

Legs and feet ISJ 

Coat 15 

Color 10 

General character, expression 15 

Total 100 




MR. .). WILLOUGIIBY MITCIIEL'S MODEL 
OF AN AIREDALE TERRIER 



JUDaES IN 1911 AND 1912 



AND THE NUMBER 
I. C. Ackerman 
Frank H. Addyman 
Fisher Ames 
G. Muss-Arnolt 
E. Altridge . 
T. O. Bellin 
Carl Bijurman . 
W. L. Barclay . 
John Bradshaw 
John W. Burton 
J. C. Bone . . 
J. T. Brown 
W. E. Baker, Jr. 
Geo. Brock . 
Geo. A. Cranfield 
Ralph D. Condee 
James Cole . 
G. W. Clayton . 
Thomas Cadwalader 
Frank Dole . 
Alf. Delniont . 
Chas. A. Darling 
Archibald Dalby 
Edmund Evans 
Al. G. Ebberhart 
R. O. Ford . . 
Mrs. F. S. Fuller 
Phillip French . 
Walter G. Glvnn 



OF 



WINNERS' POINTS THEY HAVE AWARDED 

11 



3 
2 
3 
3 
4 
11 



C. G. Hopton 

C. F. Hochwalt 

0. B. Hess . . 
Russell Johnson, Jr. 
Dr. Harfy Jarrett 
B. F. Lewis . 
Edwin Munger . 
Jas. Mortimer . 
Wm. H. Mulford 
Nat. T. Messer . 
G. Messer 
Andrew McCrea 
.John McGough . 
Theo. Offerman 
Walter S. Reeves 

D. S. Riker . . 
Winthrop Rutherford 
Frank P. Smith 
Jas. W. Spring 
A. J. Stewart . 
Geo. A. Thomas 
J. R. Thorndike 

1. W. Twaite . 

E. W. Thorpe . 

F. Tadama . . 
Edmund ,). Tyler 
.lames Watson . 
W. H. Whittem 




15 
3 
9 

14 

o 

4 
31 
5 
3 
2 
o 

3 

7 
3 
4 
8 
2 

10 
2 

19 
9 
2 
3 
2 
3 

10 
2 



MR. THEO. OFFERMAN 

9(1 




CH. KING OOEANG 

A. K. C. S. B. U7,49-t 

Whelped June 4, 1909. By Ch. Rockley Oorang ex Cornation Brilliant 

Owned by Andrew Albright, Jr. 



ENGLISH CHAMPIONS OF EECORD 

ALBAN LASS (407 P) Ch. Freeman Terror ex Alban Belle 
ARTHINGTON TINNER (1266 C) Willow Nut ex Wandering Lill 
ASTONISHMENT (441 N) Brownhill Pluto ex Nancy 
BOLTON WOODS RUSH (381 R) Jack Oorang ex Floss 
BROADLANDS BASHFUL (1270 C) Briarwood ex Broadlands Burelle 
BROADLANDS ROYAL DESCENDANT (1667 E) Ch. Clonmel Monarch ex 

Highwood Gipsy. 
CHOLMONDELEY BRIAR (32,967) Jerry ex Luce 

CLONMEL BED ROCK (1003 F) Ch. Clonmel Monarch ex Highwood Gipsy 
CLONMEL CHORISTER (323 Q) Primrose King ex Nell 
CLONMEL IMPERIOUS (357 R) Ch. Crompton Oorang ex Glamora Princess 
CLONMEL KING NOBBLER (378 S) Gaelic Hussar ex Gay Flossie 
CLONMEL KITTY (984 B) Hyndman Briar ex Richmond Peggy 
CLONMEL MARVEL (985 B) Clipper ex Cholmondeley Mona 
CLONMEL MASTER MAGIC (379 S) Ch. Rockley Oorang ex Clonmel Betty 
CLONMEL MONARCH (355 E) Ch. Master Briar ex Richmond Peggy 
CROMPTON ALMIDA (1592 J) Crompton Marvel ex Abbey Monarchess 
CROMPTON OORANG (1591 J) Crompton Marvel ex Abbey Princess 
CROMPTON PERFORMER (638 L) Ch. Crompton Oorang ex Red Cap Music 
CULMINGTON NETTLE (562 M) Ch. Crompton Performer ex Bush Lass 
CULMINGTON VIXEN (445 N) Ch. Crompton Performer ex Bush Lass 
DANNY GRAIG COMMANDER (311 P) Ch. Crompton Oorang ex Daisy 

Marvel 
DANNY GRAIG KING (971 L) Danny Graig Prince ex Danny Graig Queen 
DARGLE DEPUTY (382 S) Tintern Desire ex Victoria Madge 
DELPH GIRL (1251 G) Rock Ferry Bobs ex Ladysmith 
DUMBARTON LASS (282 A) Sire Unknown ex Colne Pansy 
DUMBARTON RATTLER (234 J) Briarwood ex Susan 
DUMBARTON SCEPTRE (1261 H) Ch. Tone Masterpiece ex Claverhouse 

Enchantress 
DUMBARTON SUNFLOWER (1262 H) Ch, Rock Salt ex Phillis 
FELDAY COUNTESS (341 Q) Midland Agrippa ex Lone Bess 
FELDEN FLOWER GIRL (633 L) Ch. Master Royal ex Felden Frivolity 
FERRYHILL FLYER (93 R) Woodman Rival ex Ferryhill Flirt 
FLORNELL OORANG (223 R) Ch. Rockley Oorang ex Horfield Thistle 
FREEMAN TERROR (539 M) Crompton Marvel ex Red Cap Music 
HUCKLEBERRY LASS (1593 J) Crompton Marvel ex Miss Salt 
ILLUMINATOR (295 N) Regulator ex Nell 

KING OORANG (347 Q) Ch. Rockley Oorang ex Cornation Brilliant 
LANCE CORPORAL SMYTHE (526 M) Elruge Monarch ex Clonmel 

Britannia 

93 



94 THE COMPLETE STORY 

LEGEAMS PEINCE (104 G) Studholme Spark ex Vexam 

LEGRAMS PRINCESS (1269 H) The New King ex Cragg House Yixen 

MASTER BRIAR (1261 B) Briar Test ex Betty 

MASTER ROYAL (1271 H) Clonmel Chilperic ex Glonmel Loyal 

MIDLAND ROYAL (1606 J) Ch. Master Royal ex Madam Briar 

MISS MASTERPIECE (1274 H) Ch. Tone Masterpiece ex Clonmel St. 

Windeline 
MISTRESS ROYAL (133 J) Ch. Master Briar ex Clave rhouse Enchantress 
OTLEY CIIEVIN (1281 C) Dumbarton Conqueror ex Wandering Lill 
REBOUND OORANG (397 S) Primrose Rebound ex Preference 
ROCK FERRY VIXEN (1345 D) Marksman ex Nell 
ROCK KING (132 J) Ch. Master Briar ex Woodland Judy 
ROCK SALT (1347 D) Eock Ferry Test ex Marsden Luce 
EOCKLEY OOEANG (452 N) Ch. Crompton Oorang ex Rockley Vesta 
ROYAL REGENT (1582 J) Clonmel Barabbas ex Clonmel St. Windeline 
SPRINGBANK DIAMOND (455 N) Springbank Performer ex Newfield 

Sunbeam 
SPRINGBANK SUNSHINE (394 E) Tintern Desire ex Newfield Ellerslie 

Vesta 
SWEET MOIEEEN (682 L) Odsal Crack ex Black Bank Gipsy 
TINTEEN ROYALIST (432 P) Tintern Desire ex Tintern Blossom 
TONE CHIEF (1609 J) Ch. Tone Masterpiece ex Tone Betty 
TONE CEACK (1350 D) Tone Grip ex Tone Nut Girl 
TONE JEEEY (1285 C) Jerry II ex Tone Nut Girl 
TONE MASTEEPIECE (1165 E) Ch. Master Briar ex Houston Nell 
TONE EEGENT (1679 F) Ch. Clonmel Monarch ex Tone Victoria 
WATLANDS MAEVEL (118 M) Primrose King ex Primrose Margaret 
WOODMAN DOLL (49 N) Odsal Bob ex Dolly Varden 
WROSE BLOSSOM (406 S) Ewall Eover ex Lady Guisley 




CH. EED RAA^EX 

A. K. C. S. B. 10J,(J4G 

Whelped May 31, 1905. By Ch. Clonmel Monarch ex Ch. Eed Sunlight 



AMERICAN CHAMPIONS OF RECORD 

ABBEY KING NOBBLER (161,928) Soudau Swiveller ex Gay Flossie 

AIRESHIRE LAD (110,096) Blackburn Trick ex Dumbarton Sunbeam 

BABS (121,996) Ch. The Gamecock ex Dumbarton Vixen 

BARKEREND LILLIAN (55,695) Defiance ex Nell 

BOLTON WOODS BLOSSOM (79,338) Odsal Crack ex Studholme Floss 

BOLTON WOODS BRIAR (76,088) Odsal Crack ex Studholme Floss 

BRIARS MASTERPIECE (109,205) Ch. Bolton Woods Briar ex York Vixen 

BUCKS SUNFLOWER (91,309) Ch. Rock Salt ex Dumbarton Mischief 

CHORISTER (121,994) Ch. The Gamecock ex Ch. Babs 

CLONMEL BED ROCK (100,376) Ch. Cloumel Monarch ex Clonmel Caramel 

CLONMEL COMMAND (147,087) Ch. Danny Graig Commander ex Kitty 

CLONMEL CORONATION (100,377) Ch. Clonmel Monarch ex Clonmel Queen 

CLONMEL ISONOMY (147,088) Ch. Rockley Oorang ex Rose 

CLONMEL MARVEL (51,612) Clipper ex Cholmondeley Mona 

CLONMEL MISALLIANCE (127,076) Elruge Monarch ex Clonmel Measure 

CLONMEL MONARCH (61,021) Ch. Master Briar ex Richmond Peggy 

COLNE LUCKY BALDWIN (71,660) Ch. Master Briar ex Woodland Judy 

COLNE MASTER ROYAL (93,908) Cloumel Chilperic ex Clonmel Loyal 

COURTLAND ISABEL (104,014) Royal Challenger ex Nell 

COURTLAND KITTY (104,015) Ch. Endcliffe Crack ex Endcliffe Glitter 

DERRYFIELD NELL (120,492) Derryfield Tony ex Derryfield Rose 

DUMBARTON LASS (60,636) Sire Unknown ex Colne Pansy 

EL SUR ROSEBEN (158,917) Ch. Thayerdale Tenny ex Thayerdale Sue 

ENDCLIFFE COMMANDER (175,910) Ch. Crompton Oorang ex Wynton Lady 

ENDCLIFFE CRACK (92,029) Watlands Duke ex Watlands Princess 

ENDCLIFFE RADIANCE (112,107) Roekferry Conqueror ex Nell Briar 

ENDCLIFFE VICTORIA (115,116) Wellington King ex Princess Ida 

FARLEIGH MIKADO (80,680) Crosswicks Dandy ex Crosswicks Beauty 

FLO (106,310) Culbertson Bramble ex Claybrook Hoyden 

HARRY JONES (117,843) Ch. Bolton Woods Briar ex Nellie J. 

HASTINGS CLIPPER (54,761) Clip ex Sweet Briar 

HASTINGS MONA (54,763) Redstone Briar ex Red Cap 

HEDGELEY FLARE (131,158) Ingafield Beau ex Fort Hill Bess 

HEDGELEY" FLASH (119,486) Wyndhill Vandal ex Red Queen 

HEDGELEY FLICKER (126,501) Wyndhill Vandal ex Wyndhill Jill 

HIGHGATE KITTY (69,791) Briar Test ex Highgate Puss 

HIGHGATE KITTY, JR. (107,518) Ch. Endcliffe Crack ex Ch. Highgate 

Kitty 
INGAFIELD WILD ROSE (116,679) Floriform ex Ingafield Lady 
INGAFLORA (98,395) Floriform ex Ingafield' Lady 

97 



98 THE COMPLETE STORY 

JUDGE DEXTEE (124,044) Ch. Bed Eaven ex Gamecock Lassie 

KENMAEE SOECERESS (114,241) Eeseniblauce ex Queeu Oorang 

KING OOEANG (147,494) Eockley Oorang ex Cornation Brilliant 

KISMET FLASHLIGHT (92,661) Floriform ex Kismet Kumyss 

KISMET EOCKFEEEY POUNDEE (83,878) Eockferry Test ex Eockferry 

Freeky 
KOOTENAI CHINOOK (160,417) Lakeview Clipstone Pride ex Kootenai 

Sweet Lavender 
KOOTENAI EADIANCE (137,831) Ch. Matlock Bob ex Ch. Endcliffe 

Eadiance 
LADY ALICE (72,291) Nipper ex Waterside Duchess 
LADY TEMPEST (77,183) Ch. The New King ex Crown Duchess 
LAKE DELL DAMSEL (131,381) Ch. Matlock Bob ex Lake Dell Duchess 
LANCEOFTE'S DAWN (154,603) Comet ex Wood Blossom 
LAECHMEEE BITTEESWEET (120,914) Elruge Monarch ex Knotamis 
LAECHMEEE FLASHWOOD (120,913) Elruge Monarch ex Gipsy Maiden 
LAECHMEEE MISTRESS MAGNET (135,096) Larchmere Trapper ex Ch. 

Larchmere Bittersweet 
LAECHMEEE SUEPEISE (132,934) Ch. Lance Corporal Smythe ex 

Clonmel Challenge 
LILLIAN JONES (117,845) Ch. Bolton Woods Briar ex Nellie J. 
LONG HILL DOEIS (127,317) Ch. Eed Eaven ex Ch. Long Hill Peggy 
LONG HILL PEGGY (109,178) Ch. Bolton Woods Briar ex York Vixen 
MATLOCK BOB (117,733) Ch. Midland Eoyal ex Lady Wilful 
McCONNELL'S QUEEN (158,312) Clonmel Eough and Eeady ex Brosna 

Bacchante 
MOTOE DACE (111,707) Percy Dacier II ex Flaims 
PILGEIM YELLOW JACKET (126,411) Ch. Briars Masterpiece ex Pilgrim 

Prioress 
PRINCE HAL (85,612) Ch. The New King ex Her Majesty 
PEINCE OF YOEK (141,822) Ch. Crompton Oorang ex Daisy Marvel 
PRINCESS ROYSTON TESS (103,713) Eoyston King ex Colne Bell 
EED EAVEN (105,646) Ch. Clonmel Monarch ex Ch. Eed Sunlight 
EED SUNLIGHT (99,555) Wyndhill Vandal ex Eed Queen 
EIDGECOTE ANTICIPATION (114,097) Dreadnaught ex Lucy 
EIDING MASTEE (122,108) Ch. Endcliffe Crack ex Eed Eiding Hood 
EOCK PEINCE (69,790) Odsal Crack ex Luce 

ROWSLEY REGTNA (93,991) Wombwell Rattler ex Newlands Lady 
SANDOWNE DELPH GIRL (73,252) Rockferry Bobs ex Ladysmith 
SELEL DEBUTANTE (138,586) Strathearn Barkerend Monitor ex 

Strathearu Nora 
SITTING BULL (119,580) Ch. Red Raven ex York Vixen 
SOUDAN STAMBOUL (151,449) Midland Rollo ex Shaftesbury Queen 
SOUDAN SWIVELLER (150,391) Elruge Monarch ex Gaelic Beauty 
SPRINGBANK SCEPTRE (149,988) Ch. Crompton Marvel ex EUerslie Vesta 
TANGLEWOLD UNA (115,895) Ch. Clonmel Monarch ex Pretty Florrie 
THAYEEDALE TENNY (134,096) Ch. Motor Dace ex Ch. Ingafield Wild 

Rose 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 99 

THE GAMECOCK (99,702) Ch. Clonmel Monarch ex Colne Miracle 
THE MAECHIONESS (104,222) Ch. Clonmel Monarch ex Dumbarton Vixen 
THE NEW KING (65,826) Ch. Eock Salt ex Lucy 
THE NOESEMAN (121,995) Ch. Chorister ex Ch. Balis 
TINTEEN EOYALIST (135,457) Tintern Desire ex Tinteru Blossom 
WYNDHILL DIANA (99,703) Ch. The Gamecock ex Blue Gown 
WYNDHILL TACKLE (88,887) Crosswicks Dandy ex Crosswicks Beauty 
WYNTON TYKE (104,056) Colne Tyke ex Otley Madcap 
WISSAHICKON CHIEF (122,167) Ch. Eidiug Master ex Lady Nora 
YOEK MASTEEPIECE (80,148) Ch. Master Briar ex Houston Nell 
YOEK SCEPTEE (80,150) Ch. Tone Masterpiece ex Claverhouse Enchantress 
YOEK THE CONQUEEOE (85,935) Wombwell Eattler ex Dumbarton Eose 
YOEK THE HAYMAKEE (124,409) Ch. York the Hayseed ex Ch. York 

Victoria 
YOEK THE HAYSEED (93,784) Ch. York Masterpiece ex York Sweet 

Killdare 
YOEK VICTOEIA (81,704) Holy Friar ex Nell 



CANADIAN CHAMPIONS OF EECOED 

AUKLAND LUCKY STONE— Ch. Crompton Oorang ex Eockley Belvoureen 
COLNE TYKE— Ch. Lucky Baldwin ex Colne Mistress 
COLUMBUS— Ch. Tone Chief ex Clonmel Dolly 
CULMINGTON NETTIvE— Ch. Crompton Performer ex Bush Lass 
GEAYSTONE GEOWLEE— Colne the Tyke ex Colne Blue Bell 
KILLAENEY QUEEN— Strathcona Bruce ex Inera Maid 
KILLAENEY EEGENT— Elruge Monarch ex Brosna Bacchante 
KOOTENAI CHINOOK — Lakeview Clipstone Pride ex Kootenai Sweet 

Lavender 
LUCKY BALDWIN— Ch. Master Briar ex Woodland Judy 
WOODHALL BOBS — Tintern Desire ex Golden Lass 



100 



THE COMPLETE STORY 



DOGS TAKING WINNERS IN 1911 AND 1912 AND 
NUMBER OF POINTS WON 







NO. OF 
POINTS 


Abbey King Nobbier . 
Baughfell Model . . 






16 
6 


Baughfell Roy . 

Bryn Boy .... 

Buckskin .... 






2 

4 
2 


Clipstone Voucher . 
Clonmel Cadet . 






1 
2 


Clonmel Isonomy . 
Clonmel Rough and Read. 
Clonmel Whirlwind 






16 
6 
4 


Crew So Royalist . 
Derryfield Merciless 
El Sur Roseben 






2 

4 

16 


Emoswen Oorang . 






1 


Endclifife Commander . 






15 


Endcliffe Performer 






8 


Frazzle 






2 


Kenwyn Ken elm 
Killarney Regent . 
King Oorang 
Kootenai Chinook . 






1 

5 
16 
16 


Kootenai Tornado . 






o 


Lake Dell Hunter . . 






5 


Larchmere Proudprince 






1 


Leyland Boxer . 
Malvern Brushwood Boy 






1 



NO. OF 

POINTS 

Mountain View Rollo .... 6 

Mountain View Volunteer . . 2 

Palmilla Nut Crack .... 4 

Palmilla Pinchot 2 

Presque Isle Rock 6 

Prince Mack 1 

Prince of York 25 

Rip Rap 1 

Rob Roy 1 

Simonds Actor Max .... 2 

Staleybridge Sport .... 2 

Soudan Stamboul 18 

Soudan Swiveller 20 

Texas Jerry 2 

Thayerdale Tenny 24 

Thorncroft Woodsman ... 5 

Tiger Monk 13 

Tiger Signet 3 

Tintern NoUichucky .... 1 

Tiutern Royalist 32 

Tonka Swiveller 1 

Unexpected 3 

Vickery Crack 7 

A^ickery Lodestar 5 

Wissahickon Chief 5 

York the Pastmaster .... 5 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 



101 



BITCHES TAKING WINNERS IN 1911 AND 1912 AND 
NUMBER OF POINTS WON 



NO. OF 
POINTS 



Baughfell Heather 


4 


Bess 


2 


Briar Bush 


1 


Bit of Fashion 


o 


Brownie Bess 


2 


Cero Meto 


1 


Clipstone Sunbeam 


2 


Clonmel Command 


20 


Clonmel Imperious 


7 


Clonmel Misalliance 


21 


Clonmel Sonatina .... 


3 


Clonmel Sweet Lass 


1 


Colne Model Queen 


2 


Copthorne Miss Eliza . 


o 


Culbertson Kite .... 


6 


Ellerslie Minx 


3 


Evelyn 


9 


Grasmere Rowena .... 


1 


Hazel Dawn — Lancrofts Dawn 


18 


Huckleberry Hayden . 


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2 


Jessie Roy 


1 


Judee Jones 


4 


Kenwyn Bristles .... 


5 


Kenwyn Discreet .... 


o 


Killarney Queen .... 


/ 


Kootenai Dolly .... 


2 


Kootenai Radiance ... 


15 


Kootenai Sirocco .... 


7 


Lady Oney 


1 


Lake Dell Damsel .... 


11 


Lake Dell Racket .... 


5 



Larchmere Bittersweet 
Larchmere Enchantress 
Larchmere Mistress Magnet 
Larchmere Style 
Leeds Elizabeth 
Leeds Woodblossom 
Leyland Magnet 
Malvern Golightly 
Monona . 
Moulin Rouge . 
Oaklawn Pauline 
Otis Diana . 
Our Queen . 
Palmellia Princess 
Parnassus Nancy 
Princess Royston Tess 
Simonds Lady Ballochmyle 
Soo Jessie G. . . . 
Soudan Sapphire . 
Soudan Soo 
Spriugbank Sceptre 
Tangiewold Tauntress 
Tanglewold Una 
Thayerdale Jingle Bell 
Thayerdale Nance 
T intern Marjorie 
N'ickery Capacity 
Vickery Soubrette 
Yiekery Vesta . 
Vickery Victoria 
Watlands Jessie 
Willovale Bit of Fashion 



NO. OF 
POINTS 

4 
7 

''2 
4 
5 
2 
5 
2 
2 
1 
1 
2 

12 
6 
6 
2 
3 
1 
9 
2 

1.5 
3 



12 
3 
5 
4 

13 
3 
2 




MR. J AS. W. SPRING JUDGING AIREDAT.ES 

AT LONG BRANCH, 1911 

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A. K. C. S. B. 156,182 

Whelped July 25, 1911. By Cli. Tintern Royalist ex Ch. Larchnieie 

Mistress Magnet 

Owned bv Vickerv Kennels 



BREEDERS AND THE BREED 
IN AMERICA 

BY ARTHUR BOTIiWELL PROCTOR 

The Airedale Terrier is one that lias shown, from the first real- 
ization of his sterling worth, a rapid gain in popularity, and the 
breed is now, both in point of numbers and popularity, easily the 
first of all the Terriers. 

This is as it should be, for I think it fair to say, without undue 
bias, that a greater all-round dog does not exist ; one who is first of 
all a real pal and an ideal children's companion, a watch-dog with- 
out equal, with unusual discretion, generally good-natured under 
extreme provocation with both man and beast, but game to the core 
when aroused ; a natural-trained vermin destroyer and hunter ; in 
fact, the beau ideal of a gentleman's dog in a country place, or a 
farmer 's pal and house protector. 

The Airedale Terrier generally is conceded to have been first 
imported about the year 1880, and the first dog shown was one 
named Bruce, owned by Mr. Mason, and we believe the next in the 
field was Mr. Harry Lacy, who showed two in 1881. 

Little, if any, activity in the breed was shown and no classes 
were given for this Terrier until the New York Show of 1898, when 
Mr. J. Lorillard Arden (who, amongst others, imported and owned 
Clonrael Marvel, Clonmel Veracity, and Rockferry Pounder) en- 
tered the field, quickly followed by Mr. A. De Witt Cochrane with 
Barkerend Lillian, Clipper, and Hastings Mona ; Mr. P. Mallorie 
and Mr. J. Hopkinson with Rustic Jill and Broadlands Brushwood ; 
Mr. Silas Wodell, Mr. J. Carver and Mr. W. S. Todd with Ryecroft 
Jennie, and Mr. Wm. C. Hill with Ainsflyer Deputy. 

Then, in 1900 and 1901, the nominations of Mr. Clement Newbold, 
Briar Vampire, Broadlands Bilbury and Clonmel Monarch, were 
imported, and through the last-named dog, who created a sensation 
at that time and could probably worry the best to-day, an interest 
was aroused in Philadelphia and vicinity that has never abated. 

105 




CH. BOLTON WOODS BRIAK 

A.. K. C. S. B. 76,088 

By Odsal Crack ex Stiidholme Floss 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 107 

Mouarcli produced many champions and first prize winners, did an 
immense amount of good at stud, and his blood is the backbone of 
the Philadelphia strains of to-day, and through the bitch side is 
particularly good blood in a pedigree. Champion Farleigh Mikado, 
by Crosswicks Dandy, was probably the best Mr. Newbold bred. 

About this time Mr. Russell Johnson imported Hastings Duster, 
a bitch who did quite a bit of winning and produced some good 
stock. He afterwards brought out Red Hackle and Champion Red 
Sunlight, and in 1907 bred Red Raven, who was himself a splendid 
producer. 

Very shortly after, "The Sage of Chestnut Hill," Mr. "William S. 
Barclay ; Mr. Albert Harker, and Mr. Thos. Cadwalader took on the 
breed, followed by Mr. Lynford Biddle and Mr. W. H. Whittem. 

Mr. Barclay bred Champion Wyndhill Tackle and Champion the 
Gamecock, and I think Wyndhill Vandal, who sired three Cham- 
pions, though not reaching that pinnacle himself, and his enthu- 
siasm is as great to-day as when he first started, and he has done 
much to foster interest in the breed in Philadelphia and vicinity. 

Mr. Lynford Biddle got a bitch by Master Briar from Dr. Jarrett, 
named Dumbarton Vixen, a real good one herself, from whom came 
Champion Babs ; she in turn, bred to Ch. The Gamecock, produced 
Ch. Chorister, and bred to Chorister, produced Ch. The Norseman, 
one of the best American-breds of any time. Vixen, when bred to 
Ch. Clonmel Monarch, produced Ch. the Marchioness. 

Mr. Cadwalader, with Choir Girl, a litter mate of Chorister, and 
bred to Jack, a litter brother to Babs, produced Chorus Girl, who 
was a winner and producer of winners in each litter, and who, 
mated to Kilearn Oorang, produced Cactus, a recent winner. 

Of the more recent entrants around Philadelphia, Mr. Wm. H. 
Mulford, Mr. Joseph Sims and Mr. Andrew McCrea, the first men- 
tioned, with the kennel name of Hedgeley, has brought out Chs. 
Hedgeley Flare, Flash and Flicker, and the more recent winner. 
Abbey Sultana. 

Mr. Foxhall Keene, with Chs. Clonmel Bed Rock and Clonmel 
Coronation, and Mr. Theodore OfiPerman were among the first New 
Yorkers to get into the game, and the last named, with the prefix 
of "York," has done and is doing his best to keep the interest in 
the breed at a fever heat. The first dog he brought over was Clon- 
mel Floriform in 1904, and, amongst others, he has imported Ch. 
York Sceptre, Ch. York Masterpiece, Arcadia, Ch. Bolton Woods 



108 THE COMPLETE STORY 

Briar, Cli. York the Conqueror and Ch. Prince of York. A few of 
his breeding are Ch. York the Hayseed, by Masterpiece ; Ch. York 
the Haymaker, who, no longer a youngster, can make the best of 
them hustle to-day, he being by The Hayseed out of Ch. York Vic- 
toria, and his latest home-bred, York The 'Past Master, by Isonomy, 
the puppy who took winners at New York last year. Mr. Offerman 
is ever ready with advice or assistance to the novice, is a liberal 
supporter of the shows, and one of the most able amateur judges. 

Mr. J. H. Brookfield, with Kismet Rockferry Pounder and Ch. 
Kismet Flashlight ; :\rr. Perry Tiffany ; Mr. "W. S. McCoomb, with 
Rowsley Sultan and Regina; and Mr. E. S. Woodward, with Delph 
Girl and Tone Tackier, were all of about this second period. 

In tlie period between 1902 and 1905, Mr. John McGough (who 
owned Ch. Bolton Woods Briar, Ch. Harry Jones, Uncle Sam, 
Lady Mary and Goldheels, all but the first being home-bred) 
was among the first ; and IMr. W. E. Baker, Jr., who has owned Ch. 
Tanglewold Una, Pretty Florrie, Brosna Bacchante, and Tangle- 
wold Briar Test; Mrs. M. E. Gates, Jr., with Ch. Lillian Jones; Mr. 
Jennings, with Rough and Tumble and Tintern Marjorie ; and 
Messrs. Bunnell and Boorum, of the Burnley Kennels, all entered 
the game about the same time. 

Mr. Andrew Albright, Jr., with such terriers as Ch. Tintern 
Royalist and Ch. King Oorang, and such bitches as Baughfell 
Heather and Baughfell Sceptre; IMr. John Murray, who bred Ch. 
Briars Masterpiece and Ch. Long Hill Peggy, and owned York 
Vixen, the dam of both these terriers; IMr. Edmund Evans, who 
owned that good American-bred Hot ; Mr. S. C. Denby, with Ch. the 
Marchioness and Tanglewold Briar Test; Mr. A. B. Dalby. with 
Long Hill Doris ; and IVIiss Catherine Cameron were the most promi- 
nent amongst the breeders and exhibitors at this time. 

In the last seven years most of the above have remained actively 
in the game, and Mr. Daniel Riker, with John Harvard ; ]\Ir. J. N. R. 
Bryant, with Ch. Tanglewold Una ; IMr. R. P. Orcutt ; and Mr. How- 
ard Ehrich, with Ch. Lancrofte Dawn, are among the more recent 
recruits. And still later, the late Mr. Geo. Batson (who, with Mr. 
Offerman, imported Ch. Prince of York and Ch. Soudan Sapphire, 
and afterwards, alone, brought over Ch. Soudan Swiveller and Ch. 
Soudan Stamboul) made a place and name for himself in the 
fanc3% and did much to boom the breed he thought so much of. 

The "Down Easters" were ably represented by Mr. Arthur 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 109 

Merritt, with the kennel name of Hastings, who imported Dumbarton 
Ranger, Clonmel Majesty, Ch. the New King and others, and bred 
that good terrier Ch. Prince Hal ; Mr. Philip French, with Amaze- 
ment ; Mr. Robert Jordan, with Lance Corporal Smythe, Ch. Larch- 
mere Bittersweet, Ch. Larehmere Mistress Magnet and Larehmere 
Proudprinee; Mr. Geo. West, with the prefix of Gamecock; Mr. 
Fisher Ames, with Ch. Pilgrim Yellow Jacket ; Mr. Jas. W. Spring 
and Mr. Jas. T. Leyland. 

Last but not least come the Kenmare Kennels, owned by Mr. 
William Prescott Wolcott, containing Ch. Soudan Swiveller, Ch. 
Soudan Stamboul, Ch. Kenmare Sorceress, Ch. Princess Royston 
Tess, Soudan Sapphire (Ch. Springbank Diamond in England), 
and the American-bred bitch Bothwell Sorceress, a daughter of 
Ch. Kenmare Sorceress, in all a team hard to duplicate. 

Going over the long list of names of other breeders of the early 
days, one comes across Mr. Matthew Morgan, with Acrington Crack ; 
Mr. Monson IMorris, with Clonmel Bed Rock and Coronation; Mr. 
J. H. Brookfield, with the Kismet strain; Mr. John Walton, with 
Dumbarton Ranger and Lord Raglan ; Mr. Daniel Buckley, of Clips- 
dale fame, with Bronside Monarch and Bolton Woods Blossom; 
Mr. W. J. Burgess, with Rustic Teddy and Royston King ; Dr. Jar- 
rett, with Dumbarton Vixen ; and others. 

The West did not start to join the fancy until after the East was 
well started, but in enthusiasm, as in point of numbers, they cer- 
tainly have the palm to-day, and if the great majority of the far 
Westerners do not breed more dogs that come up to Eastern stand- 
ards, it is because their interest in this breed leans to the utility 
side of the Airedale rather than to the show side. 

Mr. Earle J. Woodward, of Chicago, was one of the first to take 
on the breed ; and Mr. Ralph Condee with Tiger Monk, Mr. Edwin 
A, Munger, Mr. Elbridge Hancy, Mr. Francis G. Porter, Mrs. 
Crawford and C. H. Perrin, the last two showing under the kennel 
name of Yickery, are the leaders around about Chicago. 

The rivalry between Mr. Porter's kennels, containing, amongst 
others. Champion Freeman Terror, Ch. Clonmel Isonomy, Ch. Ab- 
bey King Nobbier, Abbey Master Magic, Unexpected, Ch. Spring- 
bank Sceptre, Ch. Clonmel Command, and Ch. Clonmel Imperious, 
and the Vickery Kennels, who have Ch. Prince of York, Ch. Tintern 
Royalist, Ch. Larehmere Mistress Magnet, Vickerj^ Vesta, and that 
sterling son of Royalist, Vickery Lodestar, is intense, and they are 










CH. PILGRIM YELLOW JACKET 

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OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 111 

ever vying with each other to purchase a better one, and both 
kennels by their liberal purchases have done much to further the 
best interests of the breed. 

In the far West, Mr. R. M. Palmer, owner, among others, of Ch. 
Matlock Bob and Ch. Lake Dell Damsel, was probably one of the 
first breeders, and gets good competition when he meets j\Ir. Geo. 
F. Downer's dogs and bitches. The last-named gentleman, who 
comes from ^Montana, has bred Ch. Kootenai Radiance and Kootenai 
Chinook, and has just headed his kennel with Elruge j\Ionarch, that 
famous sire of Champions who has been lost to breeders through his 
inaccessibility. 

Mr. Downer finds a rival in the same town in Mr. Jas. G. Keefe, 
of Mountain View fame ; and going over the very long list of names 
of breeders of the far West, one comes across Mr. Chas. P. Rockwood, 
owner of the American-bred bitch Otis Diana ; Mr. F. S. Dennison, 
of the Chief Kennels ; Mr. Wm. Timmerman ; and Dr. H. V. Addix, 
who has just purchased that famous American-bred Terrier Ch. Red 
Raven ; while in California Mr. J. A. Folger, Mr. Nat. T. ]\Iesser, 
who bred Ch. Thayerdale Tenny, and Dr. Toney are among the 
ardent supporters of this good Terrier. 

Canada has always been most ably represented in Mr. Jos. 
Laurin, and the prefix "Colne" is known wherever the Airedale 
Terrier is known and shown. A few of his importations are Ch. 
Dumbarton Lass, Colne Lucky Baldwin, Ch. Master Royal, Ch. 
Mistress Royal, Ch. Freeman Terror, and Ch. Rockley Oorang— all 
names to conjure with both at stud and in the show ring. 

i\L\ Jas. W. Baine ; Mr. Joseph Perkins ; Mr. Bert Swann ; Mr. 
McConnell, owner of Ch. McConnell's Queen; Mr. E. W. Thorp, 
with Clipstone Sunbeam; Mr. C. Cobb, with Marshall Tinner; Mr. 
J. F. H. Usher, with Ch. Greystone Growler; and Dr. C. L. Parnell 
are some of the many gentlemen in Canada who have manifested 
great interest in the breed. 

The years of 1911 and 1912 are record ones in the breed; in the 
former more Airedale Terriers being registered than any other 
breed but two, and the New York Show bringing out 1 05 dogs with 
204 entries. 

Great difference of opinion exists among breeders here as to 
whether the American-bred of to-day is the equal of, or better than, 
those of five or more years ago. Be that as it may, the opinion 
exists that owing to the vast number of carefully bred strains and 



112 THE COMPLETE STORY 

the great numbers of dogs in England, more really high type Ter- 
riers are produced there to-day than we can boast of. And again, 
that their dogs are the result of careful mating, both as to blood 
lines and as to their general fitness, surely makes for a better aver- 
age. It would seem that the English custom of putting puppies 
"out to walk" until they reach the age of six months is better for 
the pups (if the walks are good), and permits the picking of the 
best of each litter, both as to dogs and bitches, and is particularly 
helpful in the latter case, for in this way their best are shown and 
used for brood bitches. 

Unquestionably it would tend to make for the good of the dog if 
much of the prejudice existing in the United States against the 
bitch were allayed. The average individual has an unreasonable 
objection to keeping a bitch, thinking they are a world of trouble ; 
while, on the contrarj^, a bitch is much better in many respects, and 
as a rule more valuable, than a dog from a monetary standpoint. 
She is always the best house-dog, cleaner, sweeter-tempered, will 
not be so liable to hunt and rvin away as will the dog, and makes a 
better watch-dog for this very reason. A very little care twice a 
year for a period of three weeks is all that is necessary, and from 
the standpoint of value, unless the dog is an exceptional specimen, 
he does not even earn his feed, while the average bitch with one 
litter a year is quite profitable. 

If breeders will do all they can to overcome this prejudice, put 
their bitches "out to walk" on breeding agreements, as the writer 
is always willing to do, instead of selling, it should show improve- 
ment in bitches. 

We are proverbially a hasty nation, and in the breeding of dogs 
as in all else, with our usual haste and the desire to accomplish the 
best results in the shortest period of time, will not display the 
patience, take the time, and give the study to the subject of breeding 
that the English undoubtedly do. It is a question whether quite a 
number of our winners are not either "sports" or correct chance 
matiugs, rather than the result of a careful bit of breeding through 
several generations of skilful selection. If you will look over the 
average litter, you will best realize the truth of this statement, for 
instead of six or eight Terriers, all of a general type and size, 
out of W'hich it is hard to select the best, one will see an amaz- 
ing variety of all sorts, one or two standing 'way out (even 
they with distinct differences of type), and their pedigrees will be 




CH. THAYERDALE TENNY 

A. K. C. S. B. 134,090 

Whelped Oct. 25, 1909. By Ch. Motor Dace ex Ingafield Wild Rose 
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OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 115 

pointed to by their breeder as containing a glorious potpourri of 
Champions. 

On the other hand, it nnist not be lost sight of that there are a 
number of home-breds equal to the best imported specimens, and a 
number of breeders who for a long period have carefully bred their 
strains along certain lines. They are the ones that are getting 
nearly the same results as our English cousins, and are generally to 
be found in the winners' list at the shows. A novice breeder will 
do well to acquaint himself with these strains and start his breeding 
operations with bitches from them, and so at least make a right 
start in the game ; and also do not forget that the kennel with the 
largest number of imported dogs does not necessarily contain all of 
the best stock, as the little fellow who has perhaps not the price, and 
in consequence has to work hard to breed his winners, may have a 
number of Terriers just as good, and just as carefully bred, that, 
had they the reputation of being imported, might do much better in 
the show ring. 

As to stud dogs, there can be little question that the scales are 
heavily weighted in favor of the imported dogs ; but, sad to relate, 
all that glitters is not gold, and quite a number of ''flat catchers" 
have been brought over from the other side, and, what is even 
worse, have won largely because of that fact rather than on their 
individual merits. A glance at the list of Champions of Record of 
both countries shows what a drain we have made on the Mother 
Country in the past two years, and the writer's statement, which 
he made in an article last year, that this should tend to make a 
noticeable improvement in the home-bred in the coming year, is 
being borne out by the increasing number of promising youngsters 
that have been shown, commencing with the New York Show of 
1912. 

The average enthusiast is still paying little attention to the nat- 
ural law of selection, and takes too much notice of the latest win- 
ner, as one instance that has recently come to notice will illustrate. 
The case in point is of two stud dogs, both imported in the past 
year. One has been shown a great deal, the other very seldom since 
his arrival. Both are good Terriers, though of different types. The 
second, an older dog with a long bench record and an exceptional 
record for getting winners, has had less than twenty visiting 
bitches. The first is a young dog and has had over a hundred 
bitches sent to him. Now, aside from the relative merits of these 




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two dogs, it is clearly on the face of it wrong, and it can be seen 
that this wrong will be perpetuated ; for even an inferior dog, with 
so great a preponderance of opportunity, might easily show a better 
but misleading record for getting winners than a superior dog with 
little or no opportunity. 

The writer claims this is one of the stumbling-blocks to success in 
the way of the American breeder, and one of the real reasons that 
we do not do better generally ; or perhaps it were better put to say 
that it is extremely creditable that we have done so remarkably well 
under adverse conditions. 

Who knows but what we would now lead instead of following if 
the American-bred stud dog had at least been given an equal oppor- 
tunity with his imported brother? For no small number of them 
have had some splendid get, even handicapped as they have been 
by lack of opportunity ; and comparison with the lists of Champions 
of Record of both countries shows that more Champions were sired 
by dogs not Champions themselves than were sired by dogs who 
were Champions of Record. 

Of all the famous stud dogs, Clonmel Monarch holds the record, 
having gotten nine English and American Champions. Then come 
jMaster Briar, with seven; Rockley Oorang, with six; York Master- 
piece and Crompton Oorang, with five ; Rock Salt and Bolton Woods 
Briar, with four; Endcliffe Crack, Red Raven, the Gamecock and 
the New King, with three each to their credit; Crompton Per- 
former, Freeman Terror, Lance Corporal Smythe, Master Royal, 
Midland Royal and Matlock Bob, with two each ; and Briar Master- 
piece, Chorister, Motor Dace, Soudan Swiveller, Prince of York, 
Riding Master and York the Hayseed, each getting one. Of the 
Champion bitches, Babs had two pups that attained their Cham- 
pionship ; and Long Hill Peggy, Larchmere Bittersweet, Red Sun- 
light and York Victoria each had one pup that became a Champion. 

Of the dogs who sired Champions and yet never attained that 
honor themselves, Elruge Monarch heads the list with a get of five 
Champions. Crompton Marvel and Odsal Crack got four each; 
Floriform, Wyndhill Vandal and Tintern Desire, three each ; Briar 
Test, Briarwood, Clonmel Chilperic, Woodman Rival, Primrose King, 
Crosswicks Dandy, Rockferry Test, Rockferry Bobs and Womb- 
well Rattler, two each; and Blackburn Brick, Brownhill Pluto, 
Clip, Clipper Clonmel Barabbas, Clonmel Marvel, Clonmel Rough 
and Ready, Colne Tyke, Cornet, Danny Graig Prince, Defiance, 



118 THE COMPLETE STORY 

Derryfield Tony, Dreadnaught, Dumbarton Conqueror, Holy Friar, 
Ingafield Briar, Jerry, Jerry II, Jack Oorang, Lakeview Clipstone 
Pride, Larehniere Trapper, Marksman, Midland Agrippa, Midland 
Rollo, Nipper, Odsal Bob, Percy Dacier II, Primrose Rebound, Red 
Stone Briar, Regulator, Rockferry Conqueror, Royston King, 
Springbank Performer, Strathearn Barkerend Monitor, Studholme 
Spark, Tone Grip, Watlauds Duke and Wellington King have one 
each to their credit. 

Another point that bid fair to split two sections of this country 
wide apart was that of Weight. In consequence of a letter sent to 
one of the kennel papers by Mr. Theodore Offerman, headed ''Shall 
the Standard be Changed ?", arguments as to whether the weight as 
set down in the Standard was to be literally adhered to, whether it 
should l)e left to the discretion of the judges, or whether the Stand- 
ard Weight should be increased, were bandied back and forth until 
the subject became rather tiresome and was no nearer settlement at 
the end than the beginning. 

For the benefit of English readers, I will* explain that the Eastern 
breeders— which term embraces the sections in the neighborhood of 
New York, Philadelphia, and Boston— have generally l)red to the 
Standard Weight, of course always having a preference for a good 
large one with quality, rather than a good little one. The Western 
faction, particularly the far Western breeders, who discovered the 
value of this dog in hunting bear, wanted a Terrier (the word is 
incongruous in this instance) of from 50 to 70 pounds, who in con- 
sequence of his greater weight was more successful for their pur- 
poses than one nearer the Standard of 40 to 45 pounds ; and it was 
manifestly impossible to breed so large a dog, all at once, with the 
needed (juality, and the big, coarse Terrier was sure to go down 
before the smaller or Standard quality ones in the competition of 
the show ring. Thus a certain amount of dissatisfaction was ap- 
parent. 

Not that the Westerners do not appreciate quality, but finding 
out the natural aptitude and wonderful head work and discretion 
displayed by this great Terrier in a new field of sport (and one for 
which he was surely not bred), they at first hand, and without due 
thought, allowed their desire to run away with their judgment. 

Instead of repeating what the owners of the English Wire-haired 
Black and Tan Terrier did when he was found too small for the 
work he was being used for, and evolving a new breed by crosses 




OTIS BRUNETTE 

At 6 Months 

A. K. C. S. B. 165,907 

Whelped June 30, 1912. By Otis Onward ex Otis Briar Peggy 

Owned by Otis Kennels 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 121 

with another breed for size, they figured tliat by breeding size to 
size the same would be quickly accomplished, and they got results 
as to size, but it was at the sacrifice of quality and Terrier confor- 
mation. 

Notwithstanding the interest in this matter, there was a notice- 
able inclination to dodge the issue until a resolution was introduced 
by the late Mr. George Batson at the yearly meeting of the Aire- 
dale Club of America, which was passed, calling on the President of 
the Club, Mr. Johnson, to appoint a Committee to report in two 
months as to the sense of the breeders at large on a change in the 
Standard "Weight. 

This Committee, consisting of Mr. William Mulford, INIr. Philip 
French and Mr. John McGough, made a report based on the opinion 
of forty-two members as against a change ; Mr. McGough refusing 
to sign the report sent him on its completion, claiming that "the 
Committee should have gone more thoroughly into the subject." 
This subject, thus whitewashed, is left in its original state to crop 
out again and cause trouble at some future time. 

As to judges, Ave are evidently in much the same strait that the 
English are, judging by the controversy in the English kennel 
papers of late. Owing to a prejudice against the professional, and 
possibly a lack of timber or inclination in the amateur ranks, consid- 
erable criticism has resulted. 

The professional judge, if conscientious and honest, should be as 
good as the amateur, if for nothing else than because it is his pro- 
fession. He should make more of a study of the dog and see more 
of the shows than does the amateur (who is generally showing his 
own dogs) ; and as serious mistakes affect his living, his judgments 
should be more careful. As in any body, there are always some not 
above reproach, it would perhaps be better if the A. K. C. licensed 
them; and with the chance of being "put on the carpet" and dis- 
qualified, there would be very little left to criticise. 

The amateur sometimes looks on his errors in the light of a joke, 
does not feel called upon to explain his placings, and feels a con- 
tempt for his brother professional, yet he is just as liable to be 
swayed by either friendship or the fact that he has sold some of the 
dogs he is judging. He is the stand-by of the Bench Show Com- 
mittee of the many ribbon shows, from the standpoint of economy ; 
and if he can get a good entry, that is all that they are concerned 
about. Also, too many are what in racing would be called "dope 




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OP THE AIREDALE TERRIER 



123 



fiends" — in other words, have at their fingers' ends the past per- 
formances of the various dogs ; and this is the reason that too often, 
if a dog wins on his first appearance, he will continue to do so, while 
if, on the other hand, he loses, it will militate against him unless he 
quickly gets shown under several strong judges in succession, to 
get him placed right in their dope-books. 

There are, of course, an equal number of amateur judges as ca- 
pable and able as their professional brethren, but either from lack 
of inclination or because they wish to show their own dogs, they too 
seldom officiate, and the incapable one is always too ready and will- 
ing to don the ermine to the detriment of the breed and the game. 

In conclusion, I can confidently predict that despite the judging 
at the many ribbon shows — which shows are the bane of, and will 
kill, the show game — and all other obstacles, this Terrier is so good 
that he will survive all fads and setbacks, and year bj^ year will in- 
crease in popularity, and always be found in the forefront, both 
from a monetary and a sentimental point of view. 




PEETTY FLOEEIE 

A. K. C. S. B. !»9 582 
Whelped June 13, 1903. By Studholme Spark ex Northbrook Florrie 



AIREDALE TERRIER CLUBS 
IN ENGLAND 




PAINTING OF CH. TINTEEN EOYALIST 
By G. Muss-Arnolt 



The Airedale Terrier Club 
Mid-land Counties Airedale Terrier Club 
North of England Airedale Terrier Club 
South of England Airedale Terrier Club 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 127 



THE AIREDALE TEERIER CLUB 

FOUNDED 1892 

OFFICERS 

PRESIDENT 

E. BLUNT, Esq. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS 

C. P. WALKER, Esq. 

R. RILEY, Esq. 

W. J. PHILLIPS, Esq. 

W. H. CHANTLER, Esq. 

T. WALTON, Esq. 

T. WILSON, Esq. 

G. RAPER, Esq. 

THEO. KERSHAW, Esq. 

C. H. WILKINSON, Esq. 

COMMITTEE 

C. p. WALKER, Esq. W. .T. PHILLIPS, Esq. 

R. RILEY, Esq. W. H. CHANTLER, Esq. 

J. KIRKPATRICK, Esq. T. WALTON, Esq. 

J. G. HORROCKS, Esq. G. RAPER, Esq. 

T. WILSON, Esq. C. H. WILKINSON, Esq. 

THEO. KERSHAW, Esq. 

HON. AUDITORS 

W. J. PHILLIPS, Esq. C. 11. WILKINSON, Esq. 

HON. TREASURER 

R. RILEY, Esq. 

HON. SECRETARY 

H. CROFT, Esq., 
Moor Cottage, Undercliife, Bradford 

LIST OF MEMBERS 

Bentley, Dr. H., Branihall Lane, Stockport 
Blunt, Ed., Ivydene, Snarestone 
Blair, W., Moorhead, Shipley 
Buckley, Holland, Burnham, Bucks 



128 THE COMPLETE STORY 

Croft, H., Moor Cottage, Undercliffe, Bradford 

Chantler, W. H., Cheadle, Cheshire 

Dean & Parker, Messrs., ]8 Hastings Place, Bradford 

Ehler, G. H., Castle Green, Taunton, Somerset 

Grimshaw, O., 10 Frank Street, Bury 

Goodbody, J. B., Clara, King "s County, Ireland 

Greenhalgh, P. W., Newhey, Eochdale 

Hannah, Hy., 54 Lansdown Eoad, Dublin 

Haigh, S., Eushcroft, Baildon 

Hirst, W., Crackenedge, Dewsbury 

Horrocks, J. G., Victoria Hotel, Bury 

Huddleston, G., The School House, Letchworth 

Jeeves, Dr. F., Ashfield, Moffat 

Jowett, F. M., Moor House, Shipley 

King, H. W., 77 Port Arthur Eoad, Nottingham 

Kershaw, Tlieo., Legrams Lane, Bradford 

Kilpatrick, J., 37 Church Lane, Belfast 

Massey, Jas., 12 Wolseley Eoad, S.S., Blackpool 

Mills & Buckley, Messrs., Burnham, Bucks 

Moore, J. B., 6 Argyle View, Leeds 

Phillips, W. J., Tintern Eoad, Handsworth, Birmingham 

Eaper, Geo., Eichmond Grange, Gomersal 

Eiley, Eobert, Dene House, Luddenden 

Walton & Jackson, Messrs., Tufton Street, Silsden 

Walker, C. P., Wolstanton, Staffordshire 

Walker, J. J., Eichmond House, Dullatur, N.B, 

Wilson, T., Springbank, Musselburgh, N.B. 

Wilkinson, C. H., Charnwood Street, Derby 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 129 



MIDLAND COUNTIES 
AIREDALE TERRIER CLUB 

OFFICERS 

PRESIDENT 

DR. H. S. CHAVASSE 

PAST PRESIDENTS 

1907-08— E. BLUNT, Esq. 
1908-09— W. J. PHILLIPS, Esq. 
1909-10-W. J. PHILLIPS, Esq. 
1910-11-E. GRICE, Esq. 
1911-12— W. WATKINS, Esq. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS 

G. ASHMAN, Esq. H. E. PACKWOOD, Esq. 

E. BLUNT, Esq. W. J. PHILLIPS, Esq. 

H. BUCKLEY, Esq. B. W. SMITH, Esq. 

W. H. BUXTON, Esq. C. P. WALKER, Esq. 

E. GRICE, Esq. J. WHITTINGTON, Esq. 

J. H. LEMING, Esq. C. H. WILKINSON, Esq. 

WALLACE MARRS, Esq. B. WOOD, Esq. 

COMMITTEE 

S. H. CAPE, Esq. H. JONES, Esq. 

C. COPUS, Esq. P. W. MORTON, Esq. 

W. FOSTER, Esq. W. J. PHILLIPS, Esq. 

J. GRAYER, Esq. A. A. SMITH, Esq. 

E. GRICE, Esq. W. WATKINS, Esq. 

CHAIRMAN 

W. J. PHILLIPS, Esq. 
HON. AUDITORS 

W. J. PHILLIPS, Esq., and B. WOOD, Esq. 

HON. VETERINARY SURGEON 

F. E. HEATH, Esq., M.R.C.V.S. 

HON. TREASURER AND SECRETARY 

L SMITH, Esq. 
64 Antrobus Road, Handsworth 



130 THE COMPLETE STORY 



NORTH OF ENGLAND 
AIREDALE TERRIER CLUB 

HEADQUAETERS : THE CROSBY HOTEL, MANCHESTER 

OFFICERS 

PRESIDENT 

J. G. HORROCKS, Esq., Bury 

VICE-PRESIDENTS 

HOLLAND BUCKLEY, Esq., Burnhani 

DR. BENTLEY, Stockport. 

W. J. PHILLIPS, Esq., Birmingham 

C. P. WALKER, Esq., Wolstanton 
H. ETCHELLS, SR., Esq., Harpurhey 
P. W. GREEXHALGH, Esq., Rochdale 

COMMITTEE 

MESSRS. CHARLESWORTH, BOTTOMLEY, BERRY, SCOTT, NEEDHAM, 
WHITEHEAD, WALLWORK, WOODHEAD, SEED and SQUIRE 

HON. AUDITORS 

S. CHARLESWORTH, Esq. H. ETCHELLS, JR., Esq. 

HON. TREASURER 

Mr. W. H. CHANTLER 

Airedale Kennels, Cheadle, Cheshire 

HON. SECRETARY 

Mr. J. SEWELL-HARDY 
97 Jackson Street, Stretford 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 131 



SOUTH OF ENGLAND 
AIREDALE TERRIER CLUB 

OFFICERS 

PRESIDENT 

E. EOYSTON MILLS, Esq. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS 

W. S. GLYNN, Esq. Mr. GEO. HOWLETT, JE. 

G. H. ELDER, Esq. E. BANES-CONDY, Esq. 

E. E. L. IIOSKINS, Esq. 

HON. SEC. AND TREASURER 

H. BUCKLEY, Esq. 

COMMITTEE 

CAEEY BARNAED, Esq. J. E. WAETON, Esq. 

E. E. L. HOSKINS, Esq. G. H. ELDEE, Esq. 

Mr. GEO. HOWLETT, JE. AETHUE LEYEE, Esq. 



AIREDALE TERRIER CLUBS 
IN AMERICA 




CH. PEINCE OF YORK 

Airedale Terrier Club of America 

Airedale Terrier Club op New England 

Airedale Terrier Club of New York 

Airedale Terrier Club of Canada 

Airedale Terrier Club of Long Island 

California Airedale Terrier Club 

The Western Airedale Terrier Club 

The Northwestern Airedale Terrier Club 

Editorial Note.— The publisher has made constant efforts to secure full infor- 
mation from the secretaries of these clubs, and if any information is missing, 
it is solely due to their failure to supply him with same. 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 135 



THE AIREDALE TERRIER CLUB 
OF AMERICA 

FOUNDED 1900 

OFFICERS 

PRESIDENT 

RUSSELL H. JOHNSON, JR. 

FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT 

ROBT. JORDAN 

SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT 

FRANCIS G. PORTER 

THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT 

WM. P. WOLCOTT 

TREASURER 

HOWARD EHRICH 

SECRETARY 

THEODORE OFFERMAN, 
503 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

DELEGATE TO A. K. C. 

WM. L. BARCLAY 



CONSTITUTION 

ARTICLE I 

The name of the Club shall be "THE AIREDALE TERRIER CLUB OF 
AMERICA." 

ARTICLE II 

This Club is established with a view to promote the breeding of pure Airedale 
terriers; to define precisely and publish a definition of the true type; and to 



136 THE COMPLETE STORY 

urge the adoption of such type on breeders, judges, dog show committees, etc., 
as the only recognized and unvarying standard by which Airedale Terriers 
ought to be judged, which may in the future be uniformly accepted as a sole 
standard of excellence in breeding and awarding prizes of merit; and by giv- 
ing prizes, supporting shows, and taking other steps to do all in its power to 
protect and advance the interests of the breed. 

AETICLE III 

The government and management of the Club shall be vested in an Executive 
Committee, comprised of the officers of the Club, which shall be a President, 
a First Vice-President, a Second Vice-President, a Third Vice-President, a 
Treasurer and a Secretary. They shall be elected annually at a general meeting 
of the Club. 

AETICLE IV 

Tlie Executive Committee shall annually select from its members a President, 
three Vice-Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer. 

ARTICLE V 

Such officers or any of them, and the Committee or members thereof, may, at 
any time, for violation of duty, be removed by the Executive Committee, and 
the vacancies filled. 

ARTICLE VI 

The Executive Committee shall cause to be prepared annually a detailed 
statement of the financial condition of the Club, showing its receipts and expen- 
ditures for the current year, the number of members, other matters of interest 
to the Club, and a copy forwarded to each member. The fiscal year shall ter- 
minate on the .31st of December of each year. 



ARTICLE VII 
The interi^retation of these rules shall be given by the Executive Committee. 

ARTICLE VIII 

Tlie numlier of members of this Club shall be unlimited. 

ARTICLE IX 

The President, or in his absence, the Vice-President, shall preside at all meet- 
ings of the Club, or of the Executive Committee, and shall have power to call 
all special meetings. 

ARTICLE X 

The Secretary shall keep the complete record of all meetings of the Club, or 
Executive Committee, and of all matters of which a record shall be ordered by 
the Club. He shall have charge of the correspondence of the Club. On the 
election of a member, he shall send him a written notice of his election, and 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 137 

furnish him with a printed copy of the rules and standard of the Club, and 
request him to pay his entrance fee and annual dues. He shall notify officers 
and members of their election, or appointment, and shall issue notices to mem- 
bers of all meetings. He shall keep a roll of the Club, with their addresses. 

AETICLE XI 

The Treasurer shall collect and receive all moneys due or belonging to the 
Club, and receipt therefor. He shall deposit the same in a bank in the name 
of the Club, and notify the Executive Committee of the same. His books shall 
be open at all times to the inspection of the Executive Committee, and he shall 
report to them at every meeting the condition of the finances of the Club when 
requested; and at the annual meeting of the Club he shall render an account of 
all moneys received and expended during the year previous, which account must 
be audited by the President of the Club. 

ARTICLE XII 

Every candidate for membership shall be proposed and seconded by two 
members of the Club. 

AETICLE XIII 

The name, i^rofession and residence of the candidate shall be sent by the 
proposers to the Secretary. 

ARTICLE XIV 

The Executive Committee shall have full power to elect members. Candi- 
dates whose names have been laid over for two successive meetings cannot be 
presented to the Executive Committee again. 

ARTICLE XV 

Every person shall within thirty days after notification by the Secretary, pay 
to the Treasurer his entrance fees and annual dues, and shall then, and not 
before, be a member of the Club. In case of failure to do this, his election 
shall be void, at the discretion of the Executive Committee. 

ARTICLE XVI 

The interest of any member in the property of the Club ceases with the 
termination of his membership. 

ARTICLE XVII 

The Executive Committee shall have the power by a two-thirds vote of the 

entire Committee, to forfeit the membership of any member of the Club for 

conduct on his part likely, in the opinion of the Committee, to endanger the 
welfare or character of the Club. 

AETICLE XVIII 

Notice shall be mailed to each member when his annual dues are payable, and 
should such dues remain unpaid sixty days after such notice has been given, 



138 THE COMPLETE STORY 

he ceases to be a member of the Club, except in cases of absence from the 
country, which shall be left to the discretion of the Executive Committee. 



ARTICLE XIX 

The Club may be dissolved at any time, with 'the written consent of not less 
than two-thirds of the members for the time being. After payment of all the 
debts and liabilities of the Club, its properties and its assets shall be divided 
equally among the members. 

ARTICLE XX 

The Club shall hold annual meetings during the week of the Westminster 
Kennel Club Show and five shall be a quorum. 

ARTICLE XXI 

A special meeting of the Club shall be called by the President, upon a writ- 
ten request of three members of the Club. 



ARTICLE XXII 

This Constitution can be amended only by a two-thirds vote of the members 
present at a regular or special meeting. 

ARTICLE XXIII 

At the meetings of the Club, the order of business, so far as the character 
and nature of the meeting may admit, shall be as follows : 

1. Calling of Roll and Reading of Minutes. 

2. Report of Committees. 

3. Election. 

4. General Business. 

5. Adjournment. 

ARTICLE XXIV 

All special Committees shall be appointed by the Chair, unless otherwise or- 
dered in the motion. 

ARTICLE XXV 

Every member shall pay an entrance fee of five dollars, and the sum of five 
dollars in annual dues, payable on the first day of January of each year. Mem- 
bers joining the Club after the first day in September of any year, shall pay 
half the annual dues for the balance of the year. 

ARTICLE XXVI 

All resignations must be made in writing and addressed to the Secretary of 
the Club; no member can resign while he is in debt to the Club. 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 139 

AETICLE XXVII 

Three members of the Executive Committee shall constitute a quorum for the 
transaction of business. 

ARTICLE XXVIII 

In case a dog is owned by a firm or kennel, each member of such firm or 
kennel must become a member of the Airedale Terrier Club of America before 
the dog is eligible to compete for Airedale Terrier Club specials. 

THE STANDARD 

The Standard adopted by this Club is identical with the English 
Standard. 

SHOWS HELD 

This Club held its first show December 9, 1911, with Mr. J. R. 
Thorndike judging, and had an entry of 67 dogs. 

The second show was held November 9, 1912, with Mr. Wm. L. 
Barclay judging, and had an entry of 56 dogs. 

SPECIALS 

The Airedale Bowl, for the best Airedale Terrier owned by a 
member. The Bowl to be offered five times a year for five years, at 
the end of which period to be awarded to the member winning it 
the greatest number of times. A Club medal to be awarded at each 
win. 

LIST OF MEMBERS 

Albright, Andrew, Jr., 56 Ferry Street, Newark, N. J, 

Ames, Fisher, Boston, Mass. 

Bain, Jas. W., 137 Bedford Road, Toronto, Ont., Canada. 

Baker, W. Edgar, Jr., 105 W. 40th Street, New York City. 

Barclay, W. L., Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Bastow, Henry, 300 Albany Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Bellin, T. S., care of W. M. Whitney Co., Albany, N. Y. 

Biddle, Lynford, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Bolster, R. J., 40 Main Street, Battle Creek, Mich. 

Bryant, J. N. R., 213 10th Street, Long Island City, N. Y. 

Carter, Wm. E., Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

Cadwalader, Thos., 133 So. 12th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Condee, R. W., 4640 Lake Avenue, Chicago, 111. 

Crawford, Mrs. A. E., Evanston, 111. 

Creed, W. H., Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, Cal. 

Denby, S. C, Wool Ex., New York City. 

Echeverria, Dr. M. J., 248 W. 76th Street, New York City. 



140 THE COMPLETE STORY 

Ehrich, Manfred W., 2 Rector Street, New York City. 
Ehrich, Howard, 43 Exchange Place, New York City. 
Eyth, Frank, Butler, Pa. 

French, Philip, 200 Commonwealth AA'enue, Boston, Mass. 
Gates, Mrs. Merrill E., Jr., Scarsdale, N. Y. 
GoUe, Clement H., Consumers Ice Co., El Paso, Tex. 
Harding, Ed., 43 Exchange Place, New York City. 

Harrison, M. W., Jr., Racquet Club, 215 So. 16th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
> Havens, Fred C, Laurel Avenue, Point Pleasant, N. J. 
Henry, Howard H., Fort Washington, Pa. 
Herkness, Gilbert, Wyneote, Pa. 

Hill, Dr. F. W., 6Vd Oakwood Boulevard, Chicago, 111. 
.Jennings, M., 9 Highview Avenue, Jamaica, L. I., N. Y. 
Johnson, Russell H., Jr., Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Jordan, Robt., Box 55, Boston, Mass. 
Kennedy, Miss Maud, 40 E. 52d Street, New York City. 
Laurin, Jos. A., Montreal, Que., Canada. 
Lee, Robt. L., 40 W. 45th Street, New York City. 
Maclay, Alfred B., 358 5th Avenue, New York City. 
McCrea, Andrew, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. 
McGough, J., 56 Prospect Street, Flatbush, Brooklyn. 
Meyer, Eugene, Jr., 7 Wall Street, New York City. 
Monnot, C. L., Jeanerette, La. 

Mortimer, Jas. (Life Member), Hempstead, L. I., N. Y. 
Marquardt, E. G., Osborn and Mark Lane, Burlington, la. 
Mulford, W. H., Wyneote, Pa. 
Mulford, Mrs. W. H., Wyneote, Pa. 
Murray, John, Eatontown, N. J. 
Munger, Ed. A., 107 Dearborn Street, Chicago, 111. 
Newbold, Clement B., 112 Drexel Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Ober, Harold, care of Paul R. Refolds, 70 5th Avenue, New York City. 
Offerman, Theo., 503 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Page, Mrs. J. A., Allen Lane, Germantown, Pa. 
Palmer, Dr. W. W., Saugerties, N. Y. 
Parnall, Dr. C. G., Jackson, Mich. 

Patterson, W. F., 100 William Street, New York City. 
Perrin, C. H., 2735 Sheridan Road, Evanston, 111. 
Post, Ed. M., Am. Equi. Co., Ill Broadway, New York City. 
Porter, Francis G., 159 La Salle Street, Chicago, 111. 
Price, J. Sergeant, Jr., Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Proctor, A. B., Orangeburg, N. Y. 
Reeve, W. F., 31 Market Street, Camden, N. J. 
Riker, D. S., 46 Cedar Street, New York City. 
Riker, Herbert L., 303 Madison Avenue, New York City. 
Rockwood, Chas. P., Indianapolis, Ind., P. O. Box 472. 
Sims, Jos. P., Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Snyder, Maurice R., Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Spring, Jas. W., Tremont Building, Boston, Mass. 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 141 

Sterrett, J. D., Erie, Pa. 

Stoehr, Max W., 136 Peimington Avenue, Passaic, N. J. 
Taylor, John I., 246 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. 
Toney, Dr. L. C, 2914 S. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, Cal. 
Thorndike, J. E., 121 Marlborough Street, Boston, Mass. 
Tucker, Gilbert M., Jr., Albany, N. Y. 

Usher, J. F. H., 45 King Street, W., Toronto, Ont., Canada. 
Vandergrift, Jos. B., 25 East 26th Street, New York City. 
Wakefield, Geo., 36 Oakley Avenue, White Plains, N. Y. 
Whittem, W. H., Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Wolcott, Wm. P., Eeadville, Mass. 
West, Geo. S., Chestnut Hill, Mass. 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 143 

AIREDALE TERRIER CLUB 
OF NEW ENGLAND 




FOU^^DED 1906 



OFFICERS 

PBESIDENT 

GEOBGE 8. WEST 

VICE-PEESIDENT 

EGBERT JOEDAN 

SECEETAEY AND TEEASTJEEE 

JAMES W. SPBING 

EXECUTH'E COMMITTEE 

GEOEGE S. WEST FEAXK H. JACKSOX 

EGBERT JGEDAX HAEGLD EEAD 

JAMES W. SPEHN'G JOHN E. THGEXDIKE 

FISHEE AMES, JE. WILLIAM P. WOLCGTT 



]\Ir. Arthur ]\Ierritt and ]\Ir. Philip French, of Boston, conceived 
the idea of forming the Airedale Terrier Club of New England at 
the New York Show in February, 1906. On April 23, 1906, they, 
with ]\Ir. Fisher Ames, Jr., and Mr. Walter J. Burgess, organized 
the Club, which was incorporated "for the purpose of encouraging 
the raising of pure Airedale Terriers. ' ' 

The first meeting was held April 30. 1906, and the following by- 
laws were adopted : 



144 THE COMPLETE STORY 



BY-LAWS 

AETICLE I 

PERSONS ELIGIBLE TO MEMBERSHIP 

Any person interested in the purpose for which the Club is constituted shall 
be eligible to membership. 

AETICLE II 

OFFICERS AND AGENTS AND THEIR ELECTION 

Section 1. The officers and agents by whom the purpose of the Club shall 
be carried out shall be as follows, to wit : 

A President. 

A Vice-President. 

A Secretary with the powers and duties of Clerk, and who shall also be 
Treasurer. 

An Executive Committee with the powers of directors, to consist of the Presi- 
dent and the Secretary ex officio and five other members. 

Section 2. The aforesaid officers and Executive Committee shall be elected 
by ballot, and shall hold office until the adjournment of the Annual Meeting 
to be held on the first Friday of April, a.d. 1907. At said meeting, and at each 
annual meeting thereafter, the said officers and Executive Committee shall be 
elected by ballot, and shall hold office until the adjournment of the Annual 
Meeting then next ensuing, or until their respective successors are elected. 

ARTICLE III 

DUTIES OF OFFICERS 

Section 1. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Club and of 
the Executive Committee. He shall, with the Treasurer, sign all deeds, leases 
and other instruments required to be under the seal of the Club. 

He shall be the executive officer of the Club and of the Executive Committee. 

Section 2. The Vice-President shall assume the office and duties of the 
President during his absence or disability. 

Section 3. The Secretary and Treasurer shall as Secretary keep an accurate 
record of all meetings of the Club in suitable books; keep an accurate list of 
the members, with their addresses; notify all members of all meetings of the 
Club, whether annual or special, by a notice in writing; he shall be the Secre- 
tary of the Executive Committee and keep the records of said Committee; he 
shall notify each person elected to membership, and each member elected to 
office, in the Club, of such election. 

He shall as Treasurer have the custody of the Corporate Seal and of all the 
chattels of the Club; he shall collect all dues and all moneys due to the Club 
from whatever source, and shall disburse the moneys of the Club on the legal 
order of the Executive Committee; he shall keep an accurate account of all 
receipts and disbursements of the Club in suitable books; he shall, with the 
President, sign all deeds, leases and other instruments required to be under the 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 145 

seal of the Club; he shall make report at the Annual Meeting of the Club; he 
shall perform such other duties as the Executive Committee may require. 

Section 4. The Executive Committee shall have the government and man- 
agement of the Club; they shall have full power to elect to membership persons 
eligible under Article I ; they may, by a vote of five-sevenths of the entire Com- 
mittee, expel from membership in the Club any member for conduct likely to 
endanger the purpose, welfare, or character of the Club; they shall elect one 
of their number, other than the President, to be chairman of the Executive 
Committee, who shall, in the absence of the President and to the exclusion of 
the Vice-President, preside at meetings of the Committee; they shall fill any 
vacancy in any office or in said Committee until the next annual meeting; five 
members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of 
business. 

AETICLE IV 

ELECTION OF MEMBERS 

Candidates for membership shall be proposed by one member in writing, and 
seconded in writing by another member, and shall sign a written agreement 
to abide by all existing or future By-Laws and rules. 

All proposals for membership shall be referred to the Executive Committee, 
and the unanimous vote of all the members of the Executive Committee present 
at any meeting for the election of members shall be necessary to elect a candi- 
date. 

The Secretary shall give to each person elected to membership immediate 
notice of his election and of the date thereof. 

AETICLE V 

FEES AND DUES 

The initiation fee shall be five dollars and shall be paid by each person 
elected to membership within ten days from the date of his election; and if not 
paid within that time, his election shall be void unless the Executive Committee 
shall otherwise order. 

The Annual Di;es shall be five dollars, payable January 1. But any person 
elected to membership within three months prior to January 1 shall be exempt 
from Annual Dues for the ensuing year. 

If after the expiration of thirty days from the date of the Annual Meeting 
the Annual Dues of any member shall remain unpaid, the Secretary and Treas- 
urer shall give such member immediate written notice thereof, and unless such 
member shall, within seven days from the date of such notice, pay such dues, 
he shall forfeit his membership and all his rights and privileges unless the 
Executive Committee shall otherwise order. 

AETICLE VI 

AS TO JOINT OWNERSHIP OF DOG 

In case a dog is owned by a firm or Kennel, each member of such firm or 
Kennel must become a member of the Airedale Terrier Club of New England 
before the dog can be eligible to compete for Club specials. 



146 THE COMPLETE STORY 



AETICLE VII 

MEETINGS 

The Annual Meeting of the Club shall be held on the first Friday in April. 

Special meetings may be called by the President or by a vote of the Execu- 
tive Committee. 

Notice in writing of each annual or special meeting shall be sent by the 
Secretary and Treasurer, seven days at least before the date of such meeting. 

AETICLE VIII 

QUORUM 

Until the election of new members a majority of the members shall constitute 
a quorum for the transaction of business. After the election of new members, 
seven members shall constitute a quorum of any meeting holden at the time and 
place appointed for the meeting and presided over by the regular officers of 
the Club. 

AETICLE IX 

AMENDMENTS 

These By-Laws may be amended at any annual meeting or at any special 
meeting by vote of three-fourths of the members present and voting, provided 
that any proposed amendment shall have been filed in writing with the Secre- 
tary and Treasurer at least ten days before any meeting at which action thereon 
is to be taken, and shall have been by him printed in full and sent to each 
member upon the notice for the meeting at which the proposed amendment 
is to be acted upon; and such amendment shall be rejected or adopted without 
in itself being amended. 

These By-Laws remained in force until the annual meeting in 
April, 1912, when they were amended by increasing the number of 
the Executive Committee from seven to eight and by adding an 
article called Article X, which was as follows: 

AETICLE X 
The Secretary shall have full power to ofi'er special prizes in his discretion, 
which prizes shall consist of not more than two silver and two bronze Club 
Medals, at all Shows held outside of New England, except at the so-called 
New York, Wissahickon and Mineola Shows, unless in any instance some mem- 
ber of the Executive Committee shall request the Secretary in writing to call 
a meeting of the Executive Committee to consider the giving of specials at 
any given Show, in which event the Secretary shall call a meeting of the Execu- 
tive Committee forthwith, and shall act in accordance with its wishes expressed 
at such meeting. 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 147 



STANDAED 

The Standard adopted by this Club is identical with the English 
Standard. 

The first officers of the Club were Arthur ]\Ierritt, President ; 
Fisher Ames, Jr., Vice-President; and Philip French, Secretary 
and Treasurer, who remained in office until the annual meeting in 
April, 1911, at which time it was voted to create a new office to be 
called the ' ' Permanent Honorary President, ' ' to which Mr. Merritt 
was elected in recognition of, and to give permanent form to, the 
Club's appreciation of his many well known and generous services. 

At this meeting George S. West was elected President ; James W. 
Spring, Vice-President; and Philip French, Secretary and Treas- 
urer. On October 19, 1911, Mr. French resigned as Secretary and 
Treasurer, and Mr. Spring resigned as Vice-President. Mr. Robert 
Jordan was elected Vice-President, and Mr. James W. Spring was 
elected Secretary and Treasurer. 

CLUB SHOWS 

The Club gave the first show ever given in America exclusively 
for Airedale Terriers on October 2, 1909, at the Larchmere Ken- 
nels, Hamilton, ]\Iass. ]\Ir. James Mortimer was the judge, and 
there were fifty-four (54) dogs actually entered. 

The Club has held a Puppy Show, for members only, each year 
since the Spring of 1908. The first show was held at Mr. Merritt 's 
place in Mattapan on May 9, 1908. There were some twenty (20) 
puppies shown at this time. 

CLUB SPECIALS 

The Club has supported all the New England shows most gener- 
ously, and has offered its specials at practically all the Eastern 
shows outside of New England. 

Since 1907 the Club has offered annually, at the show of the 
Ladies' Kennel Association of ]\Iassachusetts, a gold medal, open to 
all. This medal was won 

In 1907 by Ch. Wynton Tyke, owned by Mr. Charles F. Leland. 

In 1908 by Ch. Larchmere Bittersweet, owned by Mr. Eobert Jordan. 

In 1909 by Ch. Pilgrim Yellow Jacket, owned by Mr. Fisher Ames, Jr. 



148 THE COMPLETE STORY 

111 1910 by Ch. Larchmere Mistress Magnet, owned by Mr. Eobert Jordan. 

In 1911 by Larchmere Style, owned by Mr. Eobert Jordan. 

In 1912 by Ch. Clonmel Command, owned by Mr. Francis G. Porter. 

Tt will he noticed that until 1912 the gold medal was always won 
by a member of the Club. 

In 1909 the Club offered for annual competition a Breeders' Cup, 
of sterling silver, costing $75. This cup was for "the best regis- 
tered Airedale under eighteen months, bred by a member of the 
Club. To be won three times, and a bronze medal for each win to 
go to the owner of the dog." To be offered at the Boston and 
Ladies' Kennel Association of Massachusetts Shows until won. 

The cup was won 

In 3909 by Ch. Pilgrim Yellow Jacket, bred by Mr. Fisher Ames, Jr. 

In 1910 twice by Ch. Larchmere Mistress Magnet, bred by Mr. Eobert Jordan, 

In 1911 by Gamecock Dazzler, bred by Mr. George S. West. 

In 1911 by Larchmere Style, bred by Mr. Eobert Jordan. 

This last win gave the cup to Mr. Robert Jordan. 

A second Breeders' Trophy, of the same value and under the 
same terms, was offered through the Club in 1912. This trophy 
was won 

In 1912 by Larchmere Proud Prince, bred by Mr. Eobert Jordan, and by 
Larchmere Mistress Briar, bred by Mr. Eobert Jordan. 

In the Fall of 1911 the Club offered a new trophy, to be called the 
' ' ' Airedale Terrier Club of New England Shield, ' for the best dog 
or bitch, not necessarily American-bred, owned by a member of the 
Club." This shield is a perpetual challenge shield and remains in 
the custody of the Club. It is to be offered each year at the New 
York and Boston Shows. A Bronze Medal is given to the owner of 
the dog to commemorate each win. This shield w^as won 

At New York in 1912 by Ch. Kenmare Sorceress, owned by Mr. William P. 
Wolcott. 

At Boston in 1912 by Ch. Soudan Stamboul, owned by Mr. William P. 
Wolcott. 

The record of the names of the dogs and owners winning these 
trophies is perpetuated upon a set of quartered oak panels. 

The most valuable trophy which the Club owns, and which is 
always offered open to all, is the "Champion the New King Bowl," 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 149 

a solid silver punch bowl of simple design which is offered ' ' for the 
best dog or bitch in the show, not necessarily American-bred." 
"This bowl is a perpetual challenge bowl and remains in the cus- 
tody of the Club. ' ' A replica of the bowl in plate is given to the 
owner of the dog winning it, to commemorate the win. The New 
King Bowl was given to the Airedale Terrier Club of New England 
by Mr. Arthur Merritt, its first president, just prior to the Boston 
Show, in April, 1912, at which it was offered for the first time. Mr. 
Merritt died shortly after the Show, and one of his last requests 
was that the bowl should be offered in competition whenever and 
wherever it was probable that the most representative Airedales in 
the country would be shown, because in this way he hoped that the 
name of no dog not worthy of championship honors would appear 
upon it. 

This bowl was won 

At Boston in 1912 by Ch. Soudan Stamboul, owned by Mr. William P. 
Wolcott. 

At the Second Annual Show of the Airedale Terrier Club of America, by 
Ch. Kenmare Sorceress, owned by Mr. William P. Wolcott. 

The names of the winning dogs and owners are etched upon it. 



The Club holds a dinner each Fall and Spring and gives a com- 
plimentary dinner to the Airedale judge each year after the close of 
the judging at the Boston Show, which dinner is attended by not 
only all the Airedale men in town, but by all the terrier men and 
judges. 

There are now forty-six (46) members in the Airedale Terrier 
Club of New England. The names and addresses are as follows : 

Ames, Fisher, Jr., care of H. O. Fish, South Duxbury, Mass. 
Barbour, Thomas, 195 Fisher Avenue, Brookline, Mass. 
Brooks, L. Loring, 218 Exchange Building, Boston, Mass. 
Belknap, Francis W., Justamere Farm, South Billerica, Mass. 
Burnett, Mrs. John I., Southboro, Mass. 
Benton, Charles E., 65 Kilby Street, Boston, Mass. 
Bernheimer, Clarence M., Newburyport, Mass. 
Coffin, Rockwell A., M.D., 234 Clarendon Street, Boston, Mass. 
Cruttenden, Tyler, 82 Wall Street, New Haven, Conn. 
Currier, Frank J., Milton Shoe Co., Milton, N. H. 
Crocker, William M., 10 Park Vale Avenue, Allston, Mass. 
Delapole, H. M., care of Jordan Marsh Co., Boston, Mass. 



150 THE COMPLETE STORY 

Edmands, F. Albert, 78 Forest Street, Wellesley Hills, Mass. 
French, Philip, 200 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Mass. 
Fuller, Mrs. Samuel L., Harrison, N. Y. 
Frothingham, Thomas G., 74 Chestnut Street, Boston, Mass. 
Fox, H. O., The St. Charles, Atlantic City, N. J. 
Fuller, Robert G., Dover, Mass. 

Grinnell, Francis B., 447 Washington Street, Brookline, Mass. 
Harrington, John C, 1 Parker Street, Everett, Mass. 
Hay, Clarence L., Porcellian Club, Cambridge, Mass. 
Jordan, Robert, care of A. O. Clark, Box 55, Boston, Mass. 
Jordan, Mrs. Robert, care of A. O. Clark, Box 55, Boston, Mass. 
Jordan, Miss Dorothy M., 46 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. 
Jackson, Frank H., 63 Leamington Road, Aberdeen, Boston. 
Leland, Charles F., Southboro, Mass. 
Ledyard, William, 5 Ashford Court, Allston, Mass. 
Main, Charles E., 91 Bedford Street, Boston, Mass. 
Perrin, Arthur, Union Club, Boston, Mass. 
Pillsbury, W. H. C, 111 Longwood Avenue, Brookline, Mass. 
Perley, Dr. Charles W., 70 Broadway, East Somerville, Mass. 
Read, Harold W., 112 Water Street, Boston, Mass. 
Rodman, Alfred, Box 2832, Boston, Mass. 
Ranlett, Charles A., Billerica, Mass. 
Smith, T. Dickson, 53 State Street, Boston, Mass. 
Stone, Robert E., 35 Congress Street, Boston, Mass. 
Stanton, J. T., R. F. D., Mt. View, Plainville, Conn. 
Spring, James W., 340 Tremont Building, Boston, Mass. 
Thorndike, J. R., 15 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. 
Towle, Martin A., 92 State Street, Boston, Mass. 
( I Tebbetts, Theodore C, 37 Baltimore Street, Lynn, Mass. 

Tuckerman, Bayard, Jr., 108 Water Street, Boston, Mass. 
Vignoles, Arthur T., Chestnut Hill Riding School, Chestnut Hill, Mass. 
West, George S., Chestnut Hill, Mass. 
Wetherbee, W. S., Middletown, Conn. 
Wolcott, W. P., Readville, Mass. 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 151 

THE 

AIREDALE TERRIER CLUB 

OF NEW YORK 

OFFICERS 

PRESIDENT 

THEO. OFFERMAN 

VICE-PRESIDENT 

SILAS WODELL 

SECRETARY AND TREASURER 

HOWARD EHRICH 

43 Exchange Place, New York 

Initiation Fee, $5.00 Annual Dues, $5.00 

STANDARD 
The Standard adopted by this Club is identical with the English 
Standard. 

SPECIALS 
Club medal of silver. 
Club medal of bronze. 

The President 's Trophy, for the best dog, to be won three times. 
The Vice-President's Trophy, for the best bitch, 38 pounds or 

over, that has won third prize or better in one of the regular 

classes. To be won three times. 
The Treasurer's Trophy, for the best bitch owned and bred by a 

member. To be won three times. 
The Secretary's Trophy, for the best dog owned and bred by a 

member. To be won three times. 
The Kismet Cup, presented by J. H. Brookfield, Esq., for the best 

dog or bitch in the novice classes. To be won three times. 
The Seymour Cup, presented by Origen S. Seymour, Esq., for the 

best dog in the novice class. To be won three times. 
The Waterwitch Cup, presented by Sumner C. Denby, Esq., for 

the best dog winning third or better in the regular American-bred 

class. To be won five times. 



152 THE COMPLETE STORY 



LIST OF MEMBEES 

Baker, W. E., Jr., 105 West 40th Street, New York City. 

Bryant, J. N. E., Glen Head, L. I. 

Crane, Theo., 15 West 38th Street, New York City. 

Dalby, A. B., Chatham, N. J. 

Ehrich, H., 43 Exchange Place, New York City. 

Ehrich, M. W., 2 Eector Street, New York City. 

Echeverria, Dr. M. J., 248 West 76th Street, New York City. 

Fuller, Mrs. S. L., 160 East 70th Street, New York City. 

Gould, H. W., 73 5th Avenue, New York City. 

Graham, J. E., 76 William Street, New York City. 

Holter, E. O., 52 Wall Street, New York City. 

Kennedy, Miss Maud, 40 East 52d Street, New York City. 

Offerman, Theo., 503 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Patterson, W. F., 100 William Street, New York City. 

Proctor, A. B., Orangeburg, N. Y. 

Riker, D. S., 46 Cedar Street, New York City. 

Eutherford, W., 175 2d Avenue, New York City. 

Savage, Dr. W. B., East Islip, L. I. 

Seymour, O., 54 William Street, New York City. 

Vaughn, W. W., Eed Bank, N. J. 

Vaughn, Mrs. W. W., Eed Bank, N. J. 

Wakefield, G., 36 Oakley Avenue, White Plains, N. Y. 

Wills, E. C, Greenwich, Conn. 

Wodell, S., 149 Broadway, New York City. 

Wuismore, E. S., 30 Broad Street, New York City. 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 153 



AIREDALE TERRIER CLUB OF CANADA 

FOUNDED 1908 

FOUNDEES 
MESSRS. BAIN, BAND, LAURIN AND BLACK 



OFFICERS 

HONORARY PRESIDENT 

PHILIP BAWDEN 

PRESIDENT 

JAS. W. BAIN 

FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT 

C. S. BAND 

SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT 

J. F. PL USHER 

SECRETARY-TREASURER 

J. PERKINS, 
1832 Dunclas Street, Toronto 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

C. L. BOWEN SID. PERKINS 

S. BAMFORD H. CLAYTON 

W. C. WALKER 



Initiation and Fee, $3.00 per anmmi. 



STANDARD 

The English Standard is adopted by this Club, with scale of 
points as follows : 



154 THE COMPLETE STORY 

Head 20 

Ears 8 !>40 

Neck, shoulders and chest 12 

Back and loins 15 -x 

Hind quarters and stern 5 >35 

Legs and feet "..... 15 ) 

Color and coat 20 

Weight 5 

100 

Editorial Note— This Club gives 10 more points from head to chest, 5 more 
for body, deducts 5 points in the coat and color section and adds weight to its 
"scale of points" for 5; entirely omitting the 15 points for general character, 
expression of the English Standard. 



LIST OF MEMBERS 

Bain, Jas. W., 36 Forest Hill Road, Toronto. 
Bain, Jno., Walkerville, Ontario. 
Bowen, C. L., Kingston, Ontario. 

Billinger, , Boultbee Avenue, Toronto. 

Brough, R. W., Dominion Bank, Toronto. 

Bamford, S., Humber Bay, Ontario. 

Clayton, H., Toronto, Ontario. 

Crawford, Mrs. A. E., Evanston, 111., U. S. A. 

Gow, J. P., Guelph, Ontario. 

Kenney, R. W., Winnipeg, Manitoba. 

Laurin, J. A., Montreal, P. Q. 

McRurry and Melton, Sarnia, Ontario. 

Swann, Bert, Humber Bay, Ontario. 

Perkins, Jos., Toronto, Ontario. 

Perkins, Sid., Toronto, Ontario. 

Perrin, C. H., Evanston, 111., U. S. A. 

Turley, J. W., Yorkton, Sask. 

Walker, W. C, Toronto, Ontario. 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 155 



THE AIREDALE TERRIER CLUB 
OF LONG ISLAND 

BROOKLYN, N. Y. 
ORGANIZED APRIL 16, 1910 

OFFICERS 

PRESIDENT 

WILFORD WOOD 

FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT 

JOHN McGOUGH 

SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT 

JOHN REID 

THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT AND TREASURER 

EDMUND EVANS 

SECRETARY 

J. N. R. BRYANT, 
P. O. Box 31, Glen Head, N. Y. 

Dues, $5.00 per year 

Offers specials. Club medals, cups and cash to principal Kennel 
Club Shows. 

]Meets fourth "Wednesday of every month, excepting July and 
August, at rooms in Johnston Building, 8 Nevins Street. Brooklyn, 
N. Y. 

SHOWS HELD 

This Club held its first show on April 8, 1911, with Mr. Theodore 
Offerman as judge, and had 54 dogs benched, representing an 
entry of 104. 

The second show was held May 4, 1912, with Mr. W. E. Baker, 
Jr., as judge. 



156 THE COMPLETE STORY 



STANDAED 

The Standard adopted by this Club is identical with the English 
Standard, with the exception of the paragraph on size and the scale 
of points. 

Size— Dogs, 40 to 45 pounds weight. Bitches, slightly less. This 
rule ivill not apply to dogs or hitches under one year old. 

It is the unanimous opinion of the Club that the size of the Aire- 
dale Terrier as given in the above Standard, is one of, if not the 
most important characteristics of the breed ; all judges who shall 
henceforth adjudicate on the merits of the Airedale Terrier shall 
consider undersized specimens of the breed severely handicapped 
when competing with dogs of the standard weight. And that any 
of the Club's judges who, in the opinion of the committee, shall give 
prizes or otherwise push to the front dogs of a small type, shall be 
at once struck off the list of specialist judges. 

SCALE OF POINTS 

Head 10 

Ear 5 

Eyes 5 ^ 30 

Mouth 

Neck 

Shoulders 5 \ 

Chest ^ ( oc: 

Body 10 p^ 

Hind quarters . 5 / 

Legs and feet 10 

Coat 15 

Color 5 

General appearance • 15 

100 

Editorial Note — The above exception regarding pups does not really mean a 
change in the Standard, for it is obvious that the weight of a puppy should be 
less than that of a grown dog, and the standard weight is always interpreted 
as that of a dog at maturity, in fit condition. 

In the scale of points it will be seen that as many points are allowed for the 
head and neck as the English Standard allows for head, neck, shoulders and 
chest, and only half as many points are allowed for legs and feet and half 
as many points for color. 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 157 



THE CALIFOBNIA 
AIREDALE TERRIER CLUB 

OFFICERS 

PRESIDENT 

J. A. FOLGER 

FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT 

CARL WESTERFIELD 

SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT 

CHARLES K. HARLEY 

THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT 

WM. H. CREED 

SECRETARY 

NAT. T. MESSER, 
Mills Building, San Francisco, Cal. 

BENCH SHOW COMMITTEE 

ALEXANDER RUSSELL, Chairman 
CHAS. BUSHBY WM. H. CREED 

DELEGATE TO A. K. C. 

G. A. WERTHETM 

Annual Meeting, first Wednesday in February 
Initiation Fee, $.5.00. Annual Dues, $5.00. 

STANDARD 

The Standard adopted by this Club is identical with the English 
Standard, with the exception of the paragraph on size which is 
added belo\^^ 

Size— Dogs, 40 to 45 pounds weight. Bitches, slightly less. 

It is the unanimous opinion of the Club that the size of the Aire- 
dale Terrier as given in the above Standard, is one of, if not the 



158 THE COMPLETE STORY 

most important characteristics of the breed. All judges who shall 
henceforth adjudicate on the merits of the Airedale Terrier shall 
consider undersized specimens of the breed severely handicapped 
wlien competing with dogs of the standard size.'^ 

In reference to the last paragraph of the Standard, it is the opin- 
ion of this Club that the Airedale Terrier is not governed by weight, 
for the Standard calls for a dog with plenty of substance, and 
therefore an Airedale Terrier may be of the proper size and good 
to look at, and weigh easily 10 pounds over 45 pounds. We in Cali- 
fornia expect the Airedale Terrier to do some pretty tough things, 
and a dog that only weighs 45 pounds has not a chance in the 
world with a good-sized cat or a coon. On the other hand, I have 
seen dogs weighing 50 to 55 pounds do the work much better than 
dogs that weigh 40, as far as alertness and quickness in finishing the 
work required of them are concerned. 

1 Editorial Note — It will be seen tliat the word sise has been substituted 
for weight, and the last sentence of the Standard omitted. 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 159 



THE WESTERN 
AIREDALE TERRIER CLUB 




FOUNDED IN 1910 
BY EAELE J. WOODWAED AND EALPH W. CONDEE 



OFFICERS 



PRESIDENT 

DE. C. G. DAVIES 

VICE-PRESIDENTS SECRETARY AND TREASURER 

CHAS. P. EOCKWOOD EAELE J. WOODWAED, 

E. G. MAEQUAEDT 826 Eastwood Aveuue, Cliicago, 111. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

DE. C. G. DAVIES EALPH W. CONDEE 

CHAS. P. EOCKWOOD DE. C. G. DAELING 

E. G. MAEQUAEDT EDWIN A. MUNGEE 

EAELE J. WOODWAED CHAELES H. PEEEIN 

FEANCIS G. POETEE 



160 THE COMPLETE STORY 

The Entrance Fee to the Western Airedale Terrier Club is $5.00; the Annual 
Dues are $5.00. 

The Annual Meeting of the Club is held at Chicago, 111., during the month of 
December. 

THE STANDAED 

The Standard adopted by this Club is identical with the English 
Standard. 

SHOWS HELD 
The following Specialty Shows have been held : 

May 30, 1910, Chicago, 27 dogs shown. Mr. Alex. Smith, judge. (Not under 

A. K. C. rules.) 
October 1, 1910, Bismarck Garden, Chicago. First Annual Specialty Show. 

(Under A. K. C. rules, rated at two points.) Mr. John W. Burton, judge. 

48 dogs benched. 
September 30, 1911, Bismarck Garden, Chicago, Second Annual Specialty 

Show. (Under A. K. C. rules, rated at two points.) Mr. Theodore Offerman, 

judge. 46 dogs benched. 
May 30, 1912, Highland Park, 111. First Annual Spring Puppy Show. (Not 

under A. K. C. rules.) Mr. Earle J. Woodward, judge. 25 dogs benched. 
September 28, 1911, Bismarck Garden, Chicago, 3d Annual Specialty. (Un- 
der A. K. C. rules, rated at four points.) Mr. Edwin A. Munger, Chicago, 

judge. 55 dogs benched. 

The Annual Specialty Show of the Club is held at Chicago about 
the first of October in each year. 

The Annual Spring Puppy Show is held on Decoration Day, at 
or near Chicago. 

The Challenge Gold Medal of the Club is offered for competition 
at any A. K. C. show requesting same. A full list of Club stakes, 
trophies, etc.. may be had by applying to the Secretary. 



LIST OF MEMBERS 

Brunuell, F. H., 441 Plymouth Court, Chicago, 111. 

Burton, John W. (Honorary), 32 West 73d Street, Chicago, 111. 

Callaghan, D., 90 Collins Street, Joliet, 111. 

Carmichael, D. L., 113 East 71st Street, Chicago, 111. 

Condee, Ealph W., 1222 First National Bank Building, Chicago, 111. 

Cooke, John A., 628 West 12th Street, Chicago, 111. 

Coyne, Thomas, 141 South La Salle Street, Chicago, 111. 

Crawford, Mrs. Augusta E., 2735 Sheridan Road, Evanston, 111. 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 161 

Curiy, Richard II., Larchmere Kennels, South Hamilton, Mass. 

Darling, C. G., M.D., 117 Broadway Avenue, Wilmette, 111. 

Davies, Dr. C. G., 214 High Street, Blue Island, HI. 

Davis, J. ¥., 1259 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, 111. 

Denby, S. C, Wool Exchange Building, New York City. 

Denison, F. G., Ronan, Mont. 

Dodds, Dr. R. M., Mankato, Minn. 

Downer, George F., Butte, Mont. 

Ferguson, Thomas W., Lindenhurst Farm, South Milwaukee, Wis. 

Fisher, Frederick A., M.D. (Honorary), 1609 Fullerton Avenue, 
Chicago, 111. 

Halstead, Dr. A. E., 31 North State Street, Chicago, 111. 

Hanecy, Elbridge, 1222 First National Bank Building, Chicago, HI. 

Harkness, Dr. Grove, Waukesha, Wis. 

Henning, W. E., Clinton, la. 

Herman, Earl L., 1057 Columbia Avenue, Chicago, 111. 

Hill, Dr. Fred W., 619 Oakland Boulevard, Chicago, 111. 

Humphreys, Rogers, Bloomington, HI. 

Hutchinson, W. B., 2703 Prairie Avenue, Chicago, 111. 

James, Dr. Robert I;., Blue Island, 111. 

Jensen, B., 1842 North Springfield Avenue, Chicago, 111. 

Jordan, Robert, Box 55, Boston, Mass. 

Lusted, Warren, 112 West South Water Street, Chicago, 111. 

Marquardt, E. G., Burlington, la. 

Morris, Edward, Jr., 4800 Drexel Avenue, Chicago, 111. 

Munger, Edwin A., 35 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, III. 

Myers, Cornelius T., 49 Pingree Avenue, Detroit, Mich. 

Nellegar, Harry C, 175 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, HI. 

Offerman, Theodore (Honorary), 503 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Olesen, S. P., 4112 Newport Avenue, Chicago, HI. 

Parnall, C. G., M.D., Jackson, Mich. 

Perkins, L. C, 511 Mulberry Street, Des Moines, la. 

Perrin, Charles H., 2735 Sheridan Road, Evanston, HI. ' 

Pick, Edwin, West Bend, Wisconsin. 

Porter, Francis G., 29 South La Salle Street, Chicago, III. 

Randell, J. E., 72 West Adams Street, Chicago, III. 

Reay, W. M., 237 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, III. 

Rockwood, Charles P., Box 472, Indianapolis, Ind. 

Russum, Thomas, care of Purdy & Henderson, Monadnock Building, 

Chicago, 111. 
Schweizer, Adolph, Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, HI. 
Swiney, W. B., 450 East 42d Place, Chicago, 111. 
White, Dr. C. A. (Honorary), 216 East 26th Street, Chicago, 111. 
Wilson, Louis T., 166 North State Street, Chicago, 111. 
Woodward, Earle J., 826 Eastwood Avenue, Chicago, 111. 
Woolf, Herbert M., 1020 Walnut Street, Kansas City, Mo. 



162 THE COMPLETE STORY 



THE NORTHWESTEEN AIREDALE 
TERRIER CLUB 



FOUNDED 1911 



OFFICERS 

PRESIDENT 

11. M. TAYLOR, North Yakima, Wash. 

FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT 

DR. II. \. ADIX, E.staeada. Ore. 

SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT 

W. F. DELABARRE, Port Angeles. Wash. 

SECRETARY-TREASURER 

.JAMES G. KEEFE, 
27 West Park Street, Butte, :VIont. 

DIRECTORS 

R. M. PALMER, -105 Colman Building, Seattle, Wasli. 

GEO. F. DOWNER, Butte, Mont. 

C. W. J. RECKERS, White Salmon, Wash. 

N. C. WESTERFIELD, R. F. D., Oregon City, Ore. 

W. B. BAILEY, Seattle, Wash. 

MEMBEP.SHIP FEE AND DUES 

Merely an annual subscription of .$2.00, payable Jan. 1. 

STxVNDARD 

The Standard adopted by this Club is identical with the English 
Standard. 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 168 

This Club was founded April 15. ]911, and its founders were: 

PUESIDEXT 

R. jM. palmer, Seattle, Wasli. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS 

NAT MrCONNELL, Vancouver, B. C. 
JAS. G. KEEFE, Butte, Mont. 

SErKETARY AND TREASURER 

GEORGE F. DOWNER, Butte, Mont. 

DIRECTORS 

A. J. LUPLOW, North Bend, Ore. 
DOUGLAS HUNTINGTON, Seattle, Wash. 

No Club Shows have been held. 

Chief annual competition : Futurity or Produce Stake. First one, 
1912. 19 litters nominated, 14 actual competitors. 

First prize, Kootenai Cliinook, owned by Kootenai Kennels. 
Second prize, Kootenai Tornado, owned by Kootenai Kennels. 
Third prize, Kootenai Sirocco, owned by Kootenai Kennels. 
Fourth prize, Laddix Lieutenant, owned by Laddix Kennels. 




(JII. TANGLEWOLD UNA 

A. K. C. S. B. 115,895 

Whelped Dec. 22, 1907. By Ch. Cloiimel Monarch ex Pretty Florrie 



BREEDERS' AND KENNEL DIRECTORY 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 167 



BREEDERS' AND KENNEL DIRECTORY 

Abbey Kexxels, F. G. Porter, 29 South La Salle Street, Chicago, 111. 

Abbott, W. P., Monsey, N. Y. 

Adix, Dr. H. v., Laddix Kennels, Estacada, Ore. 

Almiral, Leon V., Lodge- Pole Eanch, Seholl, Colo. 
*Allstone Kennels, Lla H. Garrett, Bound Brook, N. .T. 
*Arnecliff Kennels, E. C. "Wills, Greenwich, Conn. 

Baker, W. E., Hokola Kennels, 105 West 40th Street, New York. 

Baker, W. E., Jr., Tanglewold Kennels, 105 West 40th Street, New York. 

Balkwill, W. W., Stuart, Fla. 

Barraman, W. Al.. E. F. D. No. 1, Marysville, Wash. 

Bawden, p., Caerphilly Kennels, Box 59, Eidgetown, Ontario, Can. 

Benton, Chas. Everett, Boston, Mass. 

Berwick, Walter M., Shelburne, Ontario. 

Besant, Vincent, McClara Avenue and Grant Street, Butler, Pa. 

Blue Jacket Kennels, Oscar G. Davies, Merriam, Johnson County, Kan. 

Blunt, E., Midland Kennels, Ivydene, Snarestone, England. 
*Both\vell Kennels, A. B. Proctor, Orangeburg, N. Y. 

Branson, J. A., Joseph, Ore. 
^Brushwood Kennels, John Hopkinson, Ivy Depot, Va. 

Bryant, J. N. E., Carrolton Kennels, Glen Head, L. I. 

Butler, Ormaxd J., Montvale Kennels, 59 William Street, New York. 

BuRTENSHAAV, W. A., Skibo Kennels, 110 Centre Street, New York. 

Buckley-, Holland, Clonniel Kennels, Burnham, Bucks, England. 

Caerphilly Kennels, P. Bawden, Box 59, Eidgetown, Ontario, Can. 
"Carrolton Kennels, J. H. B. Bryant, Glen Head, L. I. 

Chief Kennels, F. G. Dennison, Eonan, Mont. 

Clark Bossiter and Buford, Euby Valley Kennels, Sheridan, Mont. 

Calder Bank Kennels, Daniel S. Biker, P. O. Box i:!93, New York City. 

Clonmel Kennels, Holland Buckley, Burnham, Bucks, England. 

Cobb, Clyde, Flathead Kennels, Kalispell, Mont. 

CoNDY, E. Banes, Huckleberry Kennels, Taunton, Somerset, England. 

Crawford, Mrs. A. E., A^ickery Kennels, Evanston, 111. 

Cresco Kennels, J. D. Sterrett, Erie, Pa. 

Crowgill Kennels, F. M. Jowett, Shipley, Yorkshire, England. 

Curtis, W. H., Jr., Horfield Bakery, Bristol, England. 

Dargle Kennels, Wallace Marrs, Horley, Surrey, Englan(L 

Davies, Oscar G., Blue Jacket Kennels, Merrimam, Kan. 

Dietz, S. D., E. F. D. No. 4, Grand Junction, Colo. 

Delhi Kennels, F. A. Eyth, Box 234, Butler, Pa. 

Dennison, F. G., Chief Kennels, Eonan, Mont. 

DoDDS, E. M., Gopher Kennels, Mankato, Minn. 

Downer, Geo. F., Kootenai Kennels, Butte, Mont. 



168 THE COMPLETE STORY 

Duncan, James W., Box 107, McKeesport, Pa. 

DuNLEvy, Frank H., 3021 7th Ave. Parkway, Denver, Colo. 
*Eden Hill Kennels, Silas Wodell, Millbrook, Dutchess Co., N. Y. 
*Empost Kennels, E. M. Post, 111 Broadway, New York. 

Evans, Edmond F., 9 Highview Ave., Jamaica, N. Y. 

Eyth, Frank A., Delhi Kennels, Box 234, Butler, Pa. 

Flathead Kennels, C. Cobb, Kalispell, Mont. 

Forbes, Dr. E. A., State Veterinarian, San Angelo, Tex. 

French, Geo. Jackson, Spicelands Kennels, Eoehester, N. Y. 

Garrett, Mrs. Ida H., Allstone Kennels, Bound Brook, N. J. 

Gates, Mrs. Merrill E., Jr., Malvern Kennels, Bedford Hills, N. Y. 

Gopher Kennels, E. M. Dodds, Mankato, Minn. 

Greenberg, Sam, Everett, Washington. 

Greer, George, 126 Madeline St., Lakeview, Paterson, N. J. 

Halstead, Lieut. A. E., Halstead Farm Kennels, 31 N. State St., Chicago, 111. 

Halstead Farm Kennels, A. E. Halstead, South Haven, Mich. 

Hauser, Dr. G. F., La Crosse, "Wis. 

Hello Kennels, E. A. Wheatley, Chattanooga, Tenn. 

Hillyer-Labouchere, Mrs. L., Liphook, Hants, England. 
*H0K0LA Kennels, W. E. Baker, 105 West 40th Street, New York. 

Holt, J. M., Marshalltown, Iowa. 

HoPKiNSON, John, Brushwood Kennels, Ivy Depot, Ya. 

Huckleberry Kennels, E. Banes Condy, Taunton, Somerset, England. 

Humphreys, Rogers, Midoaks Kennels, Bloomington, 111. 

Johnston, Dr. J., Ritzville, Washington. 
*J0RDAN, Eobert, Larchmere Kennels, Box 55, Boston, Mass. 

JowETT, F. M., Crowgill Kennels, Shipley, Yorkshire, England. 

Keefe, James G., Mountain A'iew Kennels, Butte, Mont. 

Kenmare Kennels, W. P. Wolcott, Eeadville, Mass. 

KissANE, Thomas, Whitehall, N. Y. 

Kootenai Kennels, G. F. Downer, Butte, Mont. 
*Laddix Kennels, Dr. H. V. Adix, Estacada, Ore. 
*Lake Dell Kennels, E. M. Palmer, Seattle, Wash. 
*Larchmere Kennels, Eobt.' Jotdan, South Hamilton, Mass. 
*Malvern Kennels, Mrs. M. E. Gates, Bedford Hills, N. Y. 

Marrs, Wallace, Dargle Kennels, Horley, Surrey, England. 

Mayes, Wm. A., Mt. Penn, Pa. 

Messer, Nat. T., Thayerdale Kennels, 3024 Prince Street, San Francisco, Cal. 

Midoaks Kennels, E. Humphreys, Bloomington, 111. 

MoNTVALE Kennels, O. J. Butler, Montvale, N. J. 

Morledge, Geo. E., 8th and York Streets, Newport, Ky. 
*MouNTAiN View Kennels, J. A. Keefe, Butte, Mont. 

Myers, Thomas G., Utica, Mont. 

Newton, Walter S., Calgary, Alberta, Can. 

Ober, Harold, 70 Fifth Avenue, New York. 

Orchid Knoll Kennels, J. W. Spring, Boston, Mass. 
*Otis Kennels, C. P. Eockwood, Indianapolis, Ind. 

Palmer, E. M., Lake Dell Kennels, 405 Coleman Bldg., Seattle, Wash. 



OF THE AIREDALE TERRIER 169 

Patterson, W. F., South Mountain Kennels, 100 William Street, New York. 

Pequad Kennels, H. A. Purrington, Pequabuck, Conn. 

Perrin, C. H., Vickery Kennels, Evanston, 111. 
*PiTCAiRN Kennels, O. S. Thompson, East Orange, N. J. 

POMEROY, De Forest, Tonka Kennels, 617 Security Bank Bldg., Minneapolis, 
Minn. 

Porter, Francis G., Abbey Kennels, 29 South La Salle Street, Chicago, 111. 

Post, Edwin Main, Empost Kennels, 111 Broadway, New York. 

Proctor, Arthur Bothwell, Bothwell Kennels, 15 W. 38th Street, New York, 

Purrington, Herbert A., Pequad Kennels, Pequabuck, Conn. 

EoCKWOOD, Chas. p., Otis Kennels, P. O. Box 472, Indianapolis, Ind. 

Riker, Daniel S., Calder Bank Kennels, P. O. Box 1393, New York. 

Ruby Valley Kennels, Clark Rossiter and Buford, Sheridan, Mont. 

Sharp, Walter C, 303 Cole Bldg., Nashville, Tenn. 
*Skibo Kennels, W. A. Burtenshaw, 341 Morgan Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Smith, W. S., 548 East Albion Street, Appleton, Wis. 

SOTAVENT Kennels, A. Volkenning, San Andres Tuxtla, Vera Cruz, Mexico. 
*SouTH Mountain Kennels, W. P. Patterson, Maplewood, N. J. 

Spencer, Dr. Geo. A., Sacramento, Cal. 

Spicelands Kennels, G. J. French, Rochester, N. Y. 

Sterrett, J. D., Cresco Kennels, Erie, Pa. 

Stokes, Tiios. P., Penllyn, Pa. 

Spring, James W., Orchid Knoll Kennels, Tremont Bldg., Boston, Mass. 
*Tanglewold Kennels, W. E. Baker, Jr., 105 West 40th Street, New York. 

Taylor, Henry H., Bridgeport, Conn. 
*Thayerdale Kennels, Nat. T. Messer, 3024 Prince Street, San Francisco, Cal. 

Thompson, Owen S., Pitcairn Kennels, East Orange, N. J. 

Timmerman, W., Manning, Iowa. 

Toney Kennels, 2914 South Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, Cal. 

ToNEY, Dr. L. C, Toney Kennels, Los Angeles, Cal. 
*TONKA Kennels, De Forest Pomeroy, Minneapolis, Minn. 

Vickery Kennels, Perrin and Crawford, Barrington, 111. 

Volkenning, Alfredo, Sotavent Kennels, San Andres Tuxtla, Vera Cruz, Mex. 

West, George S., Chestnut Hill, Mass. 

Wheatley, E. a.. Hello Kennels, Chattanooga, Tenn. 

Whittaker, Geo. P., Windy Moor Kennels, Wheeling, W. Va. 

Wills, Ernest, Arnecliff Kennels, Greenwich, Conn. 

Windy Moor Kennels, G. P. Whittaker, Wheeling, W. Va. 

WODELL, Silas, Eden Hill Kennels, 149 Broadway, New York. 

WOLCOTT, Wm. Prescott, Kenmare Kennels, Eeadville, Mass. 



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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 




THE I.ATE ALEX. SMITH 
WITH CH. TINTEKN ROYALIST 



"IXT'E wish to call the reader's attention 
to the gentlemen who have adver- 
tised in the following pages, for it is owing 
to their liberal support that this book is 
largely made possible. We would deem it 
a favor if, in writing them, you would men- 
tion having seen their ads. in this book. 



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The Complete Story of 
the Airedale Terrier 

COPIES of this book will be sent 
postpaid on receipt of remit- 
tance of one dollar and fifty cents for 
America and of six shillings for 
England. 

The numbered Edition de Luxe, con- 
sisting of twenty-five copies, printed 
on bond paper, bound in limp leather, 
with subscriber's name on cover, auto- 
graphed by the author, and contain- 
ing no display ads., will be sold for 
ten dollars. 

The Subscribers' Edition is limited 
to a thousand copies, will soon be ex- 
hausted, and every owner of an Aire- 
dale Terrier should have one in his 
library. 

Orders should be sent to 

A. B. PROCTOR 

ORANGEBURG - - NEW YORK 



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Kenmare Kennels 

Readville, Mass. 

The L eading Airedale Kennel of the East 

The Home of the Famous Bitch 

Champion Kenmare Sorceress 

191 1— 19 1 2 Winner at the New York Show; in the 
latter year winning Best of all Breeds, Either Sex. 



AT STUD 

Champion Soudan Swiveller 

Who won his championship under six different judges 
at six successive shows. The ideal mate for large, 
coarse, light-coated bitches, and particularly those with 
bad heads and eyes. He is the Sire of the latest sen- 
sation, Abbey King Nobbier. 

Champion Soudan Stamboul 

An undefeated champion and a dog with the greatest 
foreface in America, with wonderful bone and sub- 
stance. Served to small, light-boned, weak-muzzled 
bitches, he is sure to improve the strain. 

Both these dogs are outcrosses of the Oorang Strain. 

All fees, $25.00. 

Puppies by these Dogs out of Champion Bitches for sale. 

WILLIAM PRESCOTT WOLCOTT 

OWNER 



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ViCKERY Kennels 

OFFER AT STUD 
The Wire-Haired Fox Terriers 

Champion Vickery Wire Result 

Vickery Fast Freight and 

Vickery Revoke 

Fee, $25.00 Each 



The Irish Terrier 

Vickery Red Sand 

Fee, $25.00 



The English Setter 

Champion Mallwyd Ned 



Fee, $35.00 



Ship all bitches to S. LOMAS, Manager 
BARRINGTON, ILLINOIS 

CRAWFORD & PERRIN, Owners 



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VicKERY Kennels 

World Famous Airedales 



The Home of the Famous Brood and 
Show Bitch 

Ch. Larchmere Mistress Magnet 



At Stud 

THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONS 

Ch. Prince of York 
Ch. Tintern Royalist 

ALSO 

The Great American-bred Son ol Tintern RoyaHst 

VicKERY Lodestar 

( See pictures of these dogs in book.) 



Fee, Each, $25.00 



Young Stock Always on Hand 



Address 
VICKERY KENNELS, Bamngton, Illinois 

Property of CRAWFORD & PERRIN 



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Crow Gill 

Kennels 

SHIPLEY, YORKS, ENGLAND 



Airedale Terriers 
AND Irish Terriers 

A SPECIALTY 



SJiow Stock of the highest quahty 
and Brood Bitches in whelp usually 
for sale. 

Commissions for the purchase 
of sho%u dogs for exportation care- 
fully executed. 

Mr. F. M. JOWETT 
Owner 



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BoTHWELL Kennels 

ORANGEBURG, N. Y. 

"Quality Terriers" 



AT STUD — FEE $15.00 



BoTHWELL Builder 

Sire, Ch. Prince of York 
Dam, Ch. Briars Masterpiece Bitch 



A BLUE RIBBON WINNER AT LONG BRANCH, AMBLER, 
RUMSON AND PLAINFIELD. JUDGED BY MESSRS. 
DALBY, McCREA, MULFORD AND OFFERMAN. 

IF USED TO SMALL- BONED, WEAK- MUZZLED, SOFT- 
COATED AND SHY BITCHES, HE IS SURE TO IMPROVE 
YOUR STRAIN, AND SHOULD GET SOME GOOD WINNERS. 

PUPPIES FOR SHOW AND PALS, OF THE FINEST AND 
MOST CAREFULLY SELECTED STOCK, OCCASIONALLY 
FOR SALE. 

CHOW CHOW PUPPIES 

OCCASIONALLY FOR SALE 

ARTHUR B. PROCTOR 

15 West 38th Street 
NEW YORK 



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Mountain View Airedales 

Winners and Workers 

Known everywhere as game dogs, they com- 
bine size, bone, quality, and type. Young 
Stock of rare quaHty and the best breeding at 
a reasonable price. 

AT STUD 

Volunteer, a double Clonmel Monarch cross - $ 1 5.00 

Despot, a double Oorang cross --.-.. 1 5.00 

Rory, a double Midland Royal cross ..... 15.00 

MOUNTAIN VIEW KENNELS 
Box 334 Butte, Montana 

Pequad Kennels 

Airedales Exclusively 

Best Blood obtainable. Prices reasonable. 
HERBERT A. PURRINGTON, Pequabuck, Conn. 

AT STUD- FEE $20.00 
The Imported Airedale Terrier 

CoLNE Premier Oorang 

No. 154,925 

Sired by Ch. Crompton Oorang, England's Leading Sire, ex Queen of 
Pearls, by Ch. Crompton Marvel. Has some winning pups in England. 
People desiring or wanting to buy a first-class puppy, address 

WM. TIMMERMAN, Manning, Iowa 



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The International 
Champion Airedale Terrier 

Property of A. Albright, Jr., Esq. 

CHAMPION 

KING OORANG 

A.K.C.S.B. No. 147,494 

Sire, Ch. Rockley Oorang by Ch. Crompton Oorang 
Dam, Coronation Brilliant by Ch. Watland's Marvel 

Stud Fee, $20.00 

Correspondence to 

KENNEL MANAGER, 56 Ferry St., NEWARK, N. J. 

AIREDALES 

FARM-RAISED PUPPIES, ROYALLY BRED FOR 

SHOW, COMPANION, or SPORTING 

PURPOSES AS YOU MAY REQUIRE 

Prices most reasonable 

WINDY MOOR KENNELS 

Geo. p. Whitaker, Owner "WHEELING, WEST VA. 



PORTRAIT MODELS OF DOGS 
IN BRONZE 



Made from Photographs 



CHARLES MACKARNESS 
ARROCHAR. STATEN ISLAND, N E \V YORK 



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The Famous 

CLONMEL KENNELS 

BURNHAM, BUCKS, ENGLAND 

The above have at all times a number of 
classical specimens of the bluest blood for 
sale. They comprise Champions of both 
sexes ; brood bitches in whelp or ready to 
serve ; puppies fit to win at the highest class 
exhibitions. And all at moderate prices, 
with full consideration for the class of Clon- 
mel Stock, which is famous the world over. 

Apply to 

MR. HOLLAND BUCKLEY 

Burnham, Bucks, England 

KOOTENAI AIREDALES 

Are Winners from Coast to Coast and Wonderful Workers 

ELRUGE MONARCH 

(Note cut facing page 68) 

CH. KOOTENAI CHINOOK ENDCLIFFE PERFORMER 

LAKEVIEW CLIPSTONE PRIDE 

KOOTENAI KENNELS, Registered 

Property of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. D.iwner BUTTE, MONTANA. U. S. A. 

FLATHEAD 
KENNELS 

Doss that Tree and Stay 

Hunting instinct a specialty. None but 
the bcbt kept in Flathead Kennel.s. 
Record, 7 bear in 5 days. Imported sires 
and dams. Imported Alarshall Tinner at 
stud — a sire that has done more to ad- 
vance the standard of the Airedale than 
any known sire in America; long heads, 
heavy bone, black saddles, and all terrier. 

C. COBB, Kalispell, Mont. 




I' M.\KSH.\I-L TINNER 



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TANGLEWOLD 

This kennel is one of the oldest in America and has 
been a consistent breeder of winning Airedales for 
many years. 

No other proof of any kennel's claim to breed 
high-class stock conforming to the standard of the 
breed, other than the record of the stock it has bred 
on the show bench, is worth consideration. 

Ch. Tanglewold Una, Ch. Clonmel Monarch's 
best daughter, the sensational winner of 1909; 
Tanglewold Briar Test, best American-bred brought 
out in 1 9 1 o ; repeatedly placed reserve winners to 
Prince of York and Tintern Royalist; Hot, and 
many others, emanated from this kennel. Also the 
home of the famous brood bitches, Pretty Florrie 
and Brosna Bacchante. 

W. EDGAR BAKER, Jr., 105 W. 40th St., N. Y. City 



AMERICAN 
KENNEL GAZETTE 

Published Monthly. Official 
Awards of Shows; Registrations; 
Bench Show Fixtures ; Reports 
of A. K.C. Meetings, etc. Neces- 
sary to Breeders and Exhibitors. 

1 LIBERTY STREET NEW YORK CITY 



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THE LAKE DELL 
KENNEL 

breeds the best working Aire- 
dales in America, the ideal "pal" 
of the sportsman or country gen- 
tleman. 

If you want an Airedale Puppy that, 
when matured, will hunt upland game 
birds, water fowl, or big: game, write 

R. M. PALMER 

( Author of " All About Airedales ") 
Colman Bldg., Seattle, Wash. 



Quail ohwwiiug uitii j^dk^ iJtii iJicK on I'uyet bound 



The Popular Book 

All About Airedales 

By R. M. Palmer, A.B. 

is full of most valuable information about Airedales and pro- 
fusely illustrated with pictures of rare hunting scenes of 
Airedales at work on game, with interesting stories of hunt- 
ing experiences with Airedales. 

Everything that interests Airedale fanciers. One reader 
wrote, "I read it from cover to cover before putting it down. 
If I could not get another book, it would be priceless to me." 

Price, ONE DOLLAR, postpaid 

Address A- A-A PUBLISHING CO. 
405 Colman Bldg. Seattle, Washington 



J. F. GALLOWAY 

95 Tappan St., - . - Kearney, N. J. 

Professional handler of all breeds of dogs. All breeds boarded, 
prepared for, and skilfully handled at bench shows. 

Specialist on all breeds of Terriers 

requiring expert dressing, stripping and trimming. Write for terms. 
Every dog entrusted to me will be put down fit to win on the day. 



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"Laddix Kennels" 

Represent the Acme of Perfection in Airedale Blood Lines 

The home of 

Champion Red Raven— the stud Wonder 

F"or prepotency of the CLONMEL MONARCH blood, as a stud pro- 
ducing "like from like," as a shower, as a sire of "the type de 
Luxe," he is unexcelled. See illustration, page 96; note the largest 
forefaced Airedale living, the short back, big bone, and general style. 
You will get that in your next litter from him. Sired four litters — 
23 males, 8 females — within six days, 1912. Won cup for best Aire- 
dale, Kansas City Specialty Show, 191 2. It pays to get the best. 
Fee $25. 00. 

Other studs — LADDIX LFA^ELER, LADDIX LIELTENANT, 
LADDIX DEFI.WC'i:, L.VDDIX LUCIFER, Champion Cronip- 
ton Oorang, Master Piiiar and Master Royal Blood. Good ones. 
Fees $20.00 — $15.00. 

Bitches in whelp, spayed bitches, adult and young stock of the 
best strains always for sale. WINNERS ALL THE TIME. 

LADDIX KENNELS, H.V.Adix,lVl.D., Owner, Estacada, Ore. 



AxMerica's Leading Kennel Journal 

THE 

AMERICAN 

STOCKKEEPER 

Conducted on True Fanciers' Lines. The Best 
Dog Chat and Show Reports 

Weekly, $1. 00 per year 

30 BROAD STREET - - BOSTON, MASS. 



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PiTCAiRN Kennels 

(REGISTERED) 

Breeders, Exhibitors and Importers of Highest 
Ouahty Airedale Terriers 

EAST ORANGE, N. J. 

OWEN S. THOMPSON - - - Proprietor 

Ch. Wissahickon Chief 

A.K.C. 122.107 

Sire, Ch. Riding Master. Dam, Lady Norah. 
Comprising Double Cross Clonmel Monarch blood. 

This dog without a doubt the best American- 
bred Champion at stud to-day. FEE, $15.00 

Stud card and particulars. 
E. F. WATSON, 129 Michigan Avenue, Detroit, Mich. 

ToNEY Kennels 

FOR SALE — AIREDALES. Champion Lake Dell Damsel, in whelp by 
Endcliffe Briarwood, ex Lake Dell Dutchess, A.K.C. 110,966, and by 
Champion Matlock Bob, E. K.C. 325 and C.K.C. 10,110 and A.K.C. 
''7>733- "^ire of noted winners. Also Endcliffe Briarwood, ex Beldon 
Lady, and by Briarwood, B. A.K.C. 982. Puppies of all ages usually 
on nana. Prices reasonable 

DR. L. C. TONEY, or TONEY KENNELS 

No. 2914 S. Vermont Ave. Los Angeles, California 

Cheltenham Kennels 

Puppies (5 gns. upwards) and Adults (10 gns. upwards) always for sale 
for home or abroad ; bluest blood extant ; for exhibition, companions, 
guards, anc sport ; trained by gamekeepers and farmers. Also at 
Stud — CHELTENHAM CADET, 5 gns.; CHELTENHAM MONARCH, 
2 gns.; CHELTENHAM ERIC, 1% gns. 

For further particulars apply by letter (no post-cards) to 

"Kennelman," co Leonard Petrie, Esq., Gayton, Cheltenham 

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Delhi Airedales 

Descent direct from famous Ch. Cholmondeley I>riar, father 
of the breed. None more royally bred. Combine all the 
leading Championship Sires of England and America. Pup- 
pies and grown stock at all times. Pedigree on application. 
$25.00 will make one of these perfect Airedales yours. 

DELHI AIREDALE KENNELS 

Frank A. Eyth Butler, Penna. 

After All, No Dog Like a 
Good One 

Always have on hand a number of High Class Puppies, Prize- 
Winning Young Stock, Stud Dogs, Brood Bitches, in whose 
registered pedigree appear the world's famous Airedales. 

For fiirtJicr particulars, 70 rife fa 

EDMOND F. EVANS, 9 Highview Avenue, Jamaica, New York 



Kennel and Bench 

The Official Organ of the 
Canadian Kennel Club 



Reaching every member of the Canadian Kennel Club 
in Canada, and every exhibitor, whether member or 
not. A splendid medium for getting" at a large and 
fast increasing body of dog men. 

Subscription price, $1.00 per year. Issued 
monthly. Advertising terms on application 

Dr. Alfred Boultbee, Editor 

111 }4 Jarvis Street Toronto, Canada 



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THE CELEBRATED 

HUCKLEBERRY KENNELS 

Creech St. Michael, 

Taunton, Somerset, 

England 

Will supply you with Airedales of the highest quality 
at fair prices. 

Apply to E. BANES CONDY 

The "Dargle" Airedales 

The Essence of Correct Type, Quality and Gameness 
COMPRISING 

/ The world-famous sire and the \ TT I M "T 17 D M r\ 17 Q f D 17 
(, Champion Stud dog of 1912) lllllEjIXll JL/£40iI\.ll. 

AND 

(His only serious rival of the) DARGLE DECLARE 



ALSO 

CHAMPION DARGLE DEPUTY, 
CHAMPION FERRYHILL FLYER, 
FFYR-NANT-BEAUTY, 
DARGLE MAID, 

DARGLE DELEGATE, 
DARGLE DEMURE, 
DARGLE DIMSHIE, etc. 



The most formid- 
able team of Show 
Airedale bitches 
in the world. 



Adults and puppies of both sexes, bred from, or the same way 
as, the above, can be supplied either for exhibition or breeding 
purposes— BROOD BITCHES A SPECIALTY— at lowest 
possible prices consistent with requirements. 

Apply to Manager, "DARGLE KENNELS" 

5^ Mr. Wallace Marrs 

Cable, "Wallimars, London" Horley, Surrey, England 

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Montvale Airedale Kennels 

ORMOND J. BUTLER, Owner 

Puppies and Grown Stock for Sale 

Montvale, Bergen County, New Jersey 

25 miles from New York City, on New Jersey and New York Branch, 

Erie Railroad. 

Also 59 William Street, New York City. Phone, John 3352 



Sotavent Airedale Kennels 

Registered 
ALFREDO VOLKENNING, Owner 

Puppies and Grown Stock for Sale 

San Andres, Tuxtla, Vera Cruz, Mexico 

The 

Southern Kennel 

The Dog Journal of the South 

Norfolk, Va, 



Subscription - - - $i.oo per year 
A. R. RAWLETT, Publisher 

Now in its 3d year 
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The Otis Kennels 

** FEWER and BETTER 

TERRIERS" 

Box 472, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 

The Airedale Terrier Kennels 

LIPHOOK, HANTS 

Owner, Mrs. L. Labouchere-Hillyer 

Pedigree stock bred from all the winners of to-day. Puppies and adults, 
fit for keenest competition, or as companions and guards, always for sale 
at these kennels. The dogs may be seen by appointment at any time. 

Kennelman, L. LATCHFORD 



Airedale Terriers 

Bred for Size, Bone, Coat, 
Gameness and Strength 

Terriers with substance and constitution to stand the hardest usage and 
bred and trained for hunters, guards and pals. Especial attention and 
study given in mating to produce the best, and all my dogs are raised 
on my ranch under my personal supervision, and live and are trained in 
the open. 

Winners and Hunters whose pedigrees contain the blood of such stud 
dogs and champions as Elruge Monarch, Clonmel Monarch, Tintern 
Desire, Tintern Monarch, Crompton Oorang, Cherry Royal, Midland 
Royal, Clonmel Chilperic, Master Briar, Endcliffe Radiance and others 
equally famous. 

Use my dogs at stud and buy my puppies if you want terriers with 
stamina, strength and size. Correspondence solicited and satisfaction 
guaranteed. 

S. D. DIETZ 

R. F. D. No. 4 Grand Junction, Colorado 



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